Originally Posted by
Mesabah
Carl, that's because ALPA failed to full explain to those 70% of pilots what their actual position was in regards to the bankruptcy. Instead they ran the fear campaign, that's a huge departure from the old Cobra style of NWA. Why? Has ALPA become the arm of management, or become an oligarchy that only represents the most elite pilots?
I'm not as ignorant as you might think.
A little bit of both. Fear unified the pilots and justified the sale of junior pilot jobs to fund benefits (or fewer cuts) to the preferred group of pilots.
Dealing one pilot's job for another pilot's pay destroys unity. While Carl and I are of a like mind on scope, I've not seen anything from the DPA which suggests a departure from the way ALPA evaluates and bargains. For the DPA to be credible to me, it would need to renounce ALPA's acceptance of distributive bargaining and educate prospective members on unity and basic unionism.
Just my opinion, based on the review of ALPA publications which justified their positions on scope.