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Originally Posted by Chupacabras
After this week's settlement between TWA pilots and ALPA, I have to throw this out there........Should regional pilots bring legal action against ALPA for the misrepresentation all these years?
Im sure Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, LLC, one of the firms that represented the TWA pilots would love the challenge of discovering evidence that proves ALPA's "breach of duty" toward the regional pilots all these years. Im sure someone out there has proof, beyond hearsay, of our union's misrepresentation.
Just a thought...... I bet that size a class action would make for a pretty coin ten or so years down the line.
Yes. It is stupid to have the same union represent mainline pilots and the regional pilots who fly as contractors for the same mainline. Their interests and careers are completely at odds. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to come to that conclusion. So, I ask you:
Who came first? If you look back far enough, which ALPA represented airlines do you see in the history books? Delta? United? or was it Air Wisconsin, Expressjet and Mesa? Do the pilots at an airline vote in a union or does the union force themselves on the pilots?
Who took the crappy stepping stone job hoping to get to the mainline job? You're now going to sue the union YOU voted to represent you because you expected unrealistic results?
Any idiot can see the interests of mainline ALPA and regional ALPA are at odds. Who should be responsible for recognizing that reality and voting down a union who can't adequately represent their pilot group? You (the one with the vote) or the union you ASKED to do the job?
If ALPA had turned your pilot group down for representation on the grounds of conflict of interest, you'd probably be whining for a lawsuit because they refused to represent you. Typical.