ALPA Press Release on the MESA Contract Ratification
#11
ALPA represents 53,000 pilots at 37 airlines in the U.S. and Canada..... ALPA puts a smile on when ever our dues checks cash. It is a completely worthless entity, one that I am fed up with.
I thought ALPA had over 50 airlines. Obviously USA and AWE are gone, and airlines that dissolved are gone, too (ATA, Aloha, etc). And DAL and NWA now make one airline.
Anybody know what the peak membership was?
#12
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The video was on your MEC/ALPA website. I've seen it. It was your MEC saying to look professional and not disheveled after sleeping on the plane.
#13
I saw the video and was embarassed. The union's intent was as you say but it was almost as if they were condoning the scheduling practice. Also last time I flew the line there were some embarassingly disheveled pilots walking around.
Last edited by Ski Patrol; 12-11-2008 at 08:52 PM.
#14
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Sad to see, but you can't rationalize this. The Mesa ALPA leadership endorsed this, the majority of the pilots chose it and so it is a world they can accept. When one sees the political spin by national to try and make a sows ear into a silk purse, I can only wince.
This pilot group won't do any better under even more trying circumstances in the future when most (if not all) of Mesa's contracts are bounced. Mesa can write all Delta flying off with certainty at the first opportunity it can and UAL isn't far behind.
Sorry to say, but it's all over for this group of pilots. Many of us predicted this as the writing on the wall was obvious.
RIP Mesa pilots.
#16
Mesa Pilots Ratify New Contract with Significant Gains
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