Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
Are you saying the locals get their money directly from the members and not ALPA national?
No, what I'm telling you is that none of it is discretionary. The policy lays out how much money everyone gets, and it comes to your accounts automatically, with no involvement by anyone who has any power to stop you from getting your money. The idea that ALPA is "controlling the purse strings" and therefore has some sort of hold over you is purely wrong. The money comes in and is automatically put into your accounts. Period.
My statement above stands as the truth. Are you saying you meant it when you said: "ALPA doesn't do anything"? If you actually meant that, you're clearly lying here dude.
Nope. All decisions are made by pilots. Period. No attorneys or other national staffers make any decision whatsoever about your scope. Those decisions are all yours. Take credit (or blame) for them yourself.