Originally Posted by m78fl370

Exactly. Every time ALPO allows another whipsaw at the RJ level, they just lower the bar another notch for the whole piloting profession, making it cheaper and increasing managements incentive to outsource more and more flying to the “RJ” operators.
I’m sick of this “mainline ALPA is different” crap. ALPA National is one organization and one of the National officers is a regional pilot. The fact that they choose to disregard a whole segment of their dues paying membership tells me all I need to know about those crooked scumbags. I want nothing to do with that organization ever again.
ALPA will make no difference here at AA. The same guys are going to be running the show. It’ll just be under a different name, and our dues money (likely more than we’re paying now) will just go into the giant ALPA money pit and contribute to the unbelievable waste that occurs at ALPA National in Herndon.

Originally Posted by m78fl370

I understand perfectly how ALPA works. You just explained EXACTLY why ALPA is worthless. We’re on our own anyway, so we might as well keep our own money and fight for ourselves.



IF ALPA worked differently, and IF they could get all members from all pilot groups to work together to raise the bar at the same time, there would be some advantage. As of now, it’s just a big bloated organization that makes millions off of the backs of its members while providing negligible benefit.

Originally Posted by Smoke Toliet

What a logical and rational well thought out post not allowing emotion to distort the facts.

APA...it’s totally working

Originally Posted by m78fl370

I understand perfectly how ALPA works. You just explained EXACTLY why ALPA is worthless. We’re on our own anyway, so we might as well keep our own money and fight for ourselves.

IF ALPA worked differently, and IF they could get all members from all pilot groups to work together to raise the bar at the same time, there would be some advantage. As of now, it’s just a big bloated organization that makes millions off of the backs of its members while providing negligible benefit.

Originally Posted by AAL24

Every organization has its flaws. The world isn’t perfect. I prefer to go by results. Over the last 20 years ALPA has consistently delivered superior results. We can hang our hats on ideology and always trail Delta and United saying at least we don’t belong to corrupt ALPA. Or we can make a business decision.

Originally Posted by aa73

Arado

there is a reason Delta and united consistently get kick a$$ contracts... because legacy alpa (warts and all) caters to the big 2 and fedex (big 3 if we join) with their massive resources assets and negotiators (much of which APA hires out for our own negotiations.)

It is not if but when the pilots of AA need to rejoin ALPA... APA is broken beyond repair due to the governance, structure and “stuck in the past” mentality. We need this change to snap out of the vicious cycle we’re caught in.

If EF and the current BOD fail in getting us an ILC in this day and age of massive leverage in our favor... then we’ll know it’s way past due.

Originally Posted by aa73

Arado

there is a reason Delta and united consistently get kick a$$ contracts... because legacy alpa (warts and all) caters to the big 2 and fedex (big 3 if we join) with their massive resources assets and negotiators (much of which APA hires out for our own negotiations.)

It is not if but when the pilots of AA need to rejoin ALPA... APA is broken beyond repair due to the governance, structure and “stuck in the past” mentality. We need this change to snap out of the vicious cycle we’re caught in.

If EF and the current BOD fail in getting us an ILC in this day and age of massive leverage in our favor... then we’ll know it’s way past due.

Originally Posted by Buzzlightyear

You have a few valid points but I say drain the senior swamp at APA and put in some street fighting bloodied knuckle former regional MEC types and see what we can do for ourselves instead of trying to look to a system or institution to bail us out.

Originally Posted by A330FoodCritic

Wasn't the NC picked by DC? For the past few years hasn't the BOD been in DC's hip pocket?

Originally Posted by flyinawa

Until he was replaced by the board, EF was the chairman of the NC so he knows what’s up. We have leverage if we are able to properly apply it.