Originally Posted by
meloveboeing
This is going to be a loaded post no doubt, nevertheless I will ask anyway.
It seems that many pilots I have come in contact with recently are angry of about what is going on at Expressjet, specifically with the latest travel benefit change. It seems that no one is happy with the XJT ALPA leadership.
What will it take to vote out of ALPA and have our own in house union? It seems to me there is a conflict of interest between Continental ALPA and Expressjet ALPA.
I wonder also, if the Skywest pilots will be interested in merging all three pilots group if we have one in house union for all of them? would that serve us better?
Last but not least, what does it take to vote ALPA out like U.S. Airways did?
For me presonally I am not in favor of one or the other because I know very little information, hence this post. Now whether I would get answers that I could really learn from, but rather a bunch of angry replies, it is worth the shot at least.
I personally wouldn't characterize it as anger but more of distrust with the MEC. There may be some anger over rolling over on the one list issue but for me its more of distrust on what else they may roll over on in the future. The union had no say on pass travel since its not contractual. There was nothing much they could do other than what they did do and ask management to ask Continental for a reprieve.
It would take 50%+1 to vote out ALPA and go non-union or independent. The result of the vote would decide which. I personally don't see the conflict of interest. I want ALL branded flying at mainline just as the mainline pilots do as well. All of us in ALPA also want the safest and most secure industry as well. Therefore I don't see ANY conflict.
I think would would serve the industry better is for all of us to be ALPA or APA or IPA or SWAPA.