JetBlue joined ALPA, now what?
10-26-2014 | 03:30 PM
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10-26-2014 | 06:31 PM
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From: right for a long, long time
There will also be discussions with the FAA to establish 3 party FOQA use restrictions and ASAP that will actually protect pilots for voluntary safety program reporting instead of it being just another arm of management. The knowledge and expertise of ALPA with ASAP and FOQA and the rest of the ALPA Air Safety Organization (ASO) are reason enough to be members.
You will be asked to participate as a member of the Association in putting pressure on our members of Congress and other areas of the Federal government to promote our profession and industry(where it is to our benefit). You are now part of a bigger voice, and your voice does matter. We definitely fight above our weight in DC, but we have to fight ALL the time. Our profession is on the line, and if we let up at all it could have very negative effects on all of us.
The vast majority of Delta pilots are ambivalent or glad the Jetblue is now ALPA; please don't let this jackwagon speak on behalf of the rest of the Delta pilot group.
Here is who speaks for the Delta Pilots and what was said the day after the vote results:
Fellow Delta pilots,
It is my great pleasure to inform you that the pilots of JetBlue, by a vote of over 71 percent in favor, have overwhelmingly chosen to join the Air Line Pilots Association, International. We welcome their numbers and their talent,and I have no doubt that they will become a strong ally both in terms of delivering additional clout in Washington D.C. in concert with our shared concerns, and as a strategic partner in expanding the possibilities for every professional pilot through industry pattern bargaining.
These 2600-plus pilots have defined themselves in an organizing drive overthe last six
months, and their decision is rooted entirely in enlightened self-interest. Only ALPA has the resourcesto provide the immediate union infrastructure the Jet Blue pilots need at this critical moment. Only ALPA has the experience and heft to support the JetBlue pilots in negotiating and enforcing their upcoming contract. And only ALPA has the size and relevance they need to advocate for their interests on Capitol Hill. ALPA is more than 50,000 professional pilots with their shoulders to the wheel, pushing to improve our industry and protect our members.
If you see a JetBlue pilot in the airport or at a layover location, I hope each of you will take the opportunity to welcome them to our union. What we hold in common trumps any differences, and we share common cause with the JetBlue pilots as each of us works to improve our great profession. We have a lot to offer each other.
Fraternally,
Captain Mike Donatelli
Delta MEC Chairman
It is my great pleasure to inform you that the pilots of JetBlue, by a vote of over 71 percent in favor, have overwhelmingly chosen to join the Air Line Pilots Association, International. We welcome their numbers and their talent,and I have no doubt that they will become a strong ally both in terms of delivering additional clout in Washington D.C. in concert with our shared concerns, and as a strategic partner in expanding the possibilities for every professional pilot through industry pattern bargaining.
These 2600-plus pilots have defined themselves in an organizing drive overthe last six
months, and their decision is rooted entirely in enlightened self-interest. Only ALPA has the resourcesto provide the immediate union infrastructure the Jet Blue pilots need at this critical moment. Only ALPA has the experience and heft to support the JetBlue pilots in negotiating and enforcing their upcoming contract. And only ALPA has the size and relevance they need to advocate for their interests on Capitol Hill. ALPA is more than 50,000 professional pilots with their shoulders to the wheel, pushing to improve our industry and protect our members.
If you see a JetBlue pilot in the airport or at a layover location, I hope each of you will take the opportunity to welcome them to our union. What we hold in common trumps any differences, and we share common cause with the JetBlue pilots as each of us works to improve our great profession. We have a lot to offer each other.
Fraternally,
Captain Mike Donatelli
Delta MEC Chairman
10-31-2014 | 11:25 AM
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The JB MEC will be assigned an office full of disaffected ALPA unit one staffers that will make more than all but the most sr. JB pilots. Sure, 6 figures is a lot of money for answering a phone and sending email, but they do it almost every work day. Union volunteers will come and go, but ALPA staffers are like herpes - you can't get rid of them and they're just as useful.
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