Originally Posted by
Nevets
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.
How do you not see a conflict of interest? It's like a lawyer defending and prosecuting at the same time. Major airline pilots dues goto ALPA and some of those dues goto protecting the same regional airline jobs that ALPA says they are trying to take back to mainline...
Mainline pilots decide with their management what they will or will not fly. The leftover is negotiated by the regional MEC as to pay and QOL of those scraps. I don't see the conflict especially since I'd like to see all branded flying done by pilots on the mainline seniority list anyways. That's coming from a regional pilot.