Alpa refutes myth of u.s. Pilot shortage

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02-07-2014 | 10:02 AM

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freeze3192

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I find it funny that ALPA is blaming poor pay and working conditions -- of which are a direct result of the contracts negotiated by them.

02-07-2014 | 10:15 AM

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Negotiated by the local MECs and voted in by the pilots. Don't blame ALPA for that. There is a lot to blame national for, but a large portion of the blame can be found in the mirror. Both mainline and regional.

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I find it funny that ALPA is blaming poor pay and working conditions -- of which are a direct result of the contracts negotiated by them.

02-07-2014 | 10:18 AM

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Stop bringing facts into the conversation. That's not allowed!!!

02-07-2014 | 10:20 AM

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I look in the mirror and see someone who has never voted for a single ALPA contract negotiated on my behalf and also encouraged other pilots to do the same. ALPA national sends their lawyers to help negotiate these contracts and provides resources from the national level to help the local MEC. At the end of the day they also sign every single ALPA contract. Whey can't we put part of the blame on ALPA for that? If ALPA can't help stop the race to the bottom then what good are they?

02-07-2014 | 10:23 AM

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Was this just a press release? Did any media body pick it up?
If two days ago wsj runs "pilot shortage article" this PR doesn't do anything but make pilots on message boards say "yeah".

02-07-2014 | 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by NERD

Negotiated by the local MECs and voted in by the pilots. Don't blame ALPA for that. There is a lot to blame national for, but a large portion of the blame can be found in the mirror. Both mainline and regional.

Remember folks:
If it's bad = NOT ALPA who did it
If it's good = ALPA did it.

Haven't you heard? ALPA has a 1000% success rate in everything they do, they never make mistakes, EVER.