Regional Pilots should sue ALPA too
#31
Sure, it's just extremely hard to prove. It takes a lot of leg-work, time, and good evidence. Much of the evidence, while "real", would be easily dismissed or offset by something the union's lawyers will counter with. I don't know if it would really be worth it to "sue" the union, would be very costly and possibly not very productive.
#32
All I have to say about this is that if ALPA wasn't worried about a lawsuit, they wouldn't have all their lackeys on here telling you what a stupid waste of time it is, they'd be laughing and saying "go for it, see you in court". It looks like you might have a case based on the reactions here, especially PCL, who is an ALPA EVP.
#33
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If I was on a jury and a plaintiff (regional pilots) said the defendant (ALPA) wasn't representing them adequately and the plaintiff stated what their compensation is (crap salary for loads of responsibility), that would be enough for me to side with the plaintiff. That's proof enough for me.
Brady settled out of court for good reason. The legal bills had piled up over the years, and even though a jury found ALPA guilty of DFR(good luck on defending that) Brady and his attorneys knew they weren't going to get anywhere near $500 mil, let alone the ridiculous $1.2 bil pie in the sky grab they were going for.
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They negotiated your contract and you ratified it. No one continues to force you to work for a company that provides substandard pay and benefits.
Pilots are their own worst enemies.
#35
What? Your name is Todd and you are (were) an EVP. Everyone here knows this. Stop lying.
#36
There's no bias from your point of view, either.
The fact is that most regional ALPA units are subsidized by the major carriers (fdx, dal, ual) and are cash negative all things considered. That's was the whole push for Delta to leave ALPA with the DPA movement since they felt they were serving the regional units and looking after them and not mainline.
If both sides of the equation think the entity is biased toward the other, it's probably more fair than you think.
The fact is that most regional ALPA units are subsidized by the major carriers (fdx, dal, ual) and are cash negative all things considered. That's was the whole push for Delta to leave ALPA with the DPA movement since they felt they were serving the regional units and looking after them and not mainline.
If both sides of the equation think the entity is biased toward the other, it's probably more fair than you think.
So what do you define as fair? You may be right that depending on which side of the fence your on and being biased. Maybe I should not be so biased but I am.
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Exactly correct.
Perhaps the "mob" should look to their own MEC and then look in the mirror.
They negotiated your contract and you ratified it. No one continues to force you to work for a company that provides substandard pay and benefits.
Pilots are their own worst enemies.
Perhaps the "mob" should look to their own MEC and then look in the mirror.
They negotiated your contract and you ratified it. No one continues to force you to work for a company that provides substandard pay and benefits.
Pilots are their own worst enemies.
The regional industry is so large, and so often the pathway to the LCCs and majors, that avoiding the regionals is hard. I personally can't think of one child of a major/LCC pilot who didn't go to a regional ASAP in order to follow in their parent's footsteps. I tried to avoid the regionals at first. Then I started to feel all I was doing was getting behind everyone else.
Finally, I will say the equipment and safety practices at regionals are generally superior..I realize this isnt the most solid argument, but commercial/professional pilot doesn't make the top deadliest jobs every year because airline pilots are crashing and dying...its the part 91/135 guys.
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