"ALPA" Sir ??? :confused: ALPA???

ALPA has absolutely NO relevance here!

AL

For a number of reasons, even though I was a 35 year ALPA member, I retired with a bitter taste in my mouth. However, during that span, I served for a number of years on the MEC and MEC committees and the only steak and red wine I had I mostly paid for.

What ALPA gives for meal expenses won't buy that level of cuisine. I regularly paid up to a few hundred dollars per month out of my own pocket.

As I said..............fair weather membership?



AL

Understood. However as a matter of fact my previous MEC had a use it or lose it budget for expenses. Expense reports and pictures proved it. If pilot groups are taking concessions so should National. I've yet to see a pay cut. I'm proud that we will have an in-house organization looking after me and only me. Not some kid with stars in his eyes driving an RJ while mainline pilots take 50% paycuts.

I'll agree to that. IMO, that's a valid comparison to the auto CEOs begging congress for $$$ after they took the company private jet to D.C. If nothing else it looks terrible.

I can’t believe how naïve all you union supporters are.
A Union is a Union is a Union.
The moment you vote one in you are stuck with them forever.
Is it mostly the military folks who are supporting this at JBLU
because one of your buddies gave the ‘marching order’?

Anyone ho has been a member of on or two unions at one or
two previous airlines will vote against it. Fortunately we have
plenty of ex US Air guys here who know better, they have seen
it in action.
Wishful thinking and cheap empty promises that everything will
be taken care of by you union reps, who may not talk to you
because they are negotiating on your behalf? No thanks.

The moment you vote for them all communication between
Management and pilot group comes to a screeching halt.
You are not privy to info any more.
Everything has to be put in contract language.
“If it's not in the contract – it’s not my job”.
The spell of death for our ‘radical application of common sense’.

Yes you did.
Check your 04/08/2009 statement.
Don't why the 3-rd year F/Os had to wait longer, but it is there.

What kind of pay raise do you expect from a Union?
How much in Union dues?

Ask a furloughed Union member from ANY other airline how well that worked out...
Look ot AMR right now, they probably have the most militant union out there which turned into a *****cat as soon as management bluffed them after 9/11.

That's what is known as counterfactual reasoning!






That's naive!

That's like saying an organization is an organization is an organization.

Some of us HAVE seen some pretty notable, even historic, action with unions before.

It would be extremely folly to tar all and any future unions with the same brush.

Sounds like you're branding on the basis of past experience. That's something effective managers of organizations avoid.



AL

more lies and banter form our management plant waterboarder....

saying that a union is a union is just like saying management is management. Dave barger worked for lorenzo at continental, so, based on your logic, he is like frank lorenzo... really dude, give it a rest. stop your fear mongering, lying and fact less tactics.they might work on a few uninformed scared ones and on your kids,but not on adult professional pilots.

by the way I have collected more cards from ex usair and ex twa guys than any other demographic on the A320 left seat.

now go back to cleaning JR shoes, he will give you a cookie right afterward.

Not sure what "Don't why the 3-rd year..." means, but I'm not looking for a huge raise from JBPA. I would like to see appropriate COLA and a halt to benefits disappearing without any discussion with us.