Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, No. 08-205. The Federal Government can not stop unions from making political contributions. Are you really arguing that Unions don't make political contributions?????? the FAR's are there to provide for the safety of flight. All the regulations are spelled out in black and white. You really think that employers don't want CHEAP hard working employees? The key word being cheap (I highlighted so you wouldn't miss it), What's cheap? I point to your SHINNING CITY ON THE HILL... Detroit Michigan. The most heavily unionized city in the world, how's that working out? How could that have gone wrong? Union workers everywhere, what the hell? Who do you think you are Jurgis Rudkus? My god, I get paid to fly a Jet instead of some crappy desk job. I should be so lucky. By the way, you get free books with ALPA? maybe I screwed up, damn! I have never called any of my Captain 's a slug, I'm a professional who gets paid to fly from point A to point B by my EMPLOYER regardless of how lazy my captain is. What is PM and how do you do it?

 

I misspoke. ALPA does not use dues money to make political contributions. ALPA members who want to contribute to politicians can give to ALPA PAC. ALPA dues are strictly apolitical.





And how do you suppose those rules got there? A magic fairy?


Where did I say employers don't want CHEAP hard working employees. (See, I can read, even the words in all caps.)

You said employers want to "pay/treat their good employees fairly" -- I asked what constitutes fair. Now you've changed your position. You seem very confused.



My SHINNING city? Heck, I don't have a city, much less a SHINNING city. In fact, if I HAD a city, I would make sure it wasn't SHINNING.

But I think your backside is SHINNING.


Oh, I know you'd never call any of your captains a slug to their face. You've never called them lazy -- to their face. You've only done that behind their backs, on an "anonymous" internet forum. That doesn't make you a professional -- that makes you a spineless coward.



Maybe when you grow up you'll learn.






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So Unions can donate politically, Rodger that. Yes the FAR's are a direct result of unions. Airplanes crashing and killing people had nothing to do with it, and lord knows only unions care about safety. I said "employers want good hard working employees and will pay them fairly so as to keep them in the fold." You said I was living in a fantasy world and those employers were few and far between. As for Detroit, good move not delving into that discussion... I just don't understand how a completely unionized industry went so terribly wrong? As far as calling someone a Slug to their face. C'mon man, do you tell everyone who is lazy to their face, such(union or not)? I guess I should be a man go into work and tell a superior I think he's lazy and a worthless pile of steaming cow dung. You got me I'm a coward because I don't have the balls to tell a captain I think he's lazy. (Even thou he really was). And still don't what a PM is, I guess I'm an idiot.
Lastly I apologize for hijacking this thread temporarily. I have opted out of a union before, and yes caught a minor amount of grief for it. I don't like unions and could care less about how I was treated (which wasn't really bad). Let other sheep pay for union bosses to take luxury vacations.

 

Rodger, Roger, whatever works for you.

You obviously have no idea what influence the pilot union has had on legislation and safety standards in this industry. The good news is there's a cure for ignorance -- it's called learning. You have an opportunity now to learn. I can't help you if you refuse to learn.

I didn't touch Detroit because Detroit has nothing to do with unions, and we're not allowed to talk about politics on this forum.

Do I tell everyone who is lazy that they are lazy to their face? Of course not. I have the common discretion to keep such opinions to myself. What you've done is quite different. You have said things behind your captains' backs that you will never say to their face. I don't hide behind a cryptic screen name and hope nobody ever reads what I write and figures out it was me. I expect that everything I write will be read by my mother, my wife, my daughter, and my employer -- and if I'd have a problem saying any of it in their presence, I don't say it. So, when I type here that you're acting like a spineless coward, that means I would have no problem saying that to your face -- it has nothing to do with your genetalia.


You can continue to speak from a position of ignorance, or you can choose to educate yourself. It's up to you.






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Thanks Tony!

 

If you are talking about privately owned businesses, well sure, but publicly traded companies and corporations? Heck no. What they want is stock prices up, dividends, value, etc.

 

I got my first rebate check today, for the year ending Dec 31, 2012. Reimbursement for expenses "non-germaine" to administration of the CBA came to about 10%.

 

My pay would be docked the same amount whether I'm a union member or not, so I fail to understand what I would possibly gain by "opting out".

 

Commun. Workers of Amer. v. Beck - 487 U.S. 735 (1988) :: Justia US Supreme Court Center

tl;dr?

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Just curious what segment of the industry you are in and how long have you been in the industry?