ALPA Legislative Update - Not Good
02-25-2014 | 07:25 PM
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From: Sleeping in the black swan’s nest.
Getting three a month. 15 or so at this point I think. Just flew #14. 85 more coming this year. Options for another 30.
PETITION..
#denyNAI | Tell Obama to deny Norwegian Air Shuttle's application to fly into the US
02-25-2014 | 07:55 PM
#33
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Inflation adjusted, the market is basically at year 2000 levels. You give a whoo hooo to that? The Community Organizer is making us rich? Please put the bottle down.
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/20...ype=blogs&_r=0
02-25-2014 | 09:07 PM
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I'll start this by saying the following issue started because of my participation in the call to action. NAI IS a vitally important issue, but ALPA is sometimes it's own worst enemy.
I've been getting tons of spam from change.org since signing the petition, along with a few thank you's from
Here's the full rundown on how ALPA has outsourced the NAI campaign. It's truly ironic.
http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/ma...nications.html
I emailed ALPA Govt. Affairs and got a canned answer and talking points about NAI, Communications passed the buck to Govt. Affairs, and IT didn't respond. In short, they could give a crap about a bonafide concern that a dues paying member has with how they do business. That's the crux of union-wide apathy, ALPA has systematically marginalized, ostracized, ignored and alienated the membership.
I was at Boeing last week and saw the Boogieman out doing flight testing, this threat is real, and it's close. The apathy that ALPA has created has come home to roost, and that IS a shame.
I've been getting tons of spam from change.org since signing the petition, along with a few thank you's from
Here's the full rundown on how ALPA has outsourced the NAI campaign. It's truly ironic.
http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/ma...nications.html
I emailed ALPA Govt. Affairs and got a canned answer and talking points about NAI, Communications passed the buck to Govt. Affairs, and IT didn't respond. In short, they could give a crap about a bonafide concern that a dues paying member has with how they do business. That's the crux of union-wide apathy, ALPA has systematically marginalized, ostracized, ignored and alienated the membership.
I was at Boeing last week and saw the Boogieman out doing flight testing, this threat is real, and it's close. The apathy that ALPA has created has come home to roost, and that IS a shame.
Guys seriously? Politicians are loyal to the highest bidder, red or blue. Wake up.
02-25-2014 | 09:07 PM
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Since you don't want to play to the past, I present you with rising Republican star Scott Walker. Not only is he a union buster, he's a PROUD union buster.
I'm not a Dems apologist. I don't even know who Ed Shutlz or whoever you accuse me of listening to IS. The Obama administration will be a labor disgrace if they allow this thing to go through. But if you honestly believe that a Republican administration and congress is going to be MORE labor friendly, then I consider you to be too far in the weeds to discuss it any further. Best of luck to us all
02-25-2014 | 10:11 PM
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Inflation adjusted, the market is basically at year 2000 levels. You give a whoo hooo to that? The Community Organizer is making us rich? Please put the bottle down.
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/20...ype=blogs&_r=0
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/20...ype=blogs&_r=0
02-25-2014 | 10:36 PM
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What none of you have mentioned is the around 50 percent of ALPA pilots who have been sold down the river. If you could convince us to get behind this initiative, you would have droves of pilots looking to protect their future careers. However, for most of us, this and other jobs that threaten u.s. legacies look like our best escape from the already sold out - outsourced jobs we've been doing for so long.
02-26-2014 | 04:00 AM
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What none of you have mentioned is the around 50 percent of ALPA pilots who have been sold down the river. If you could convince us to get behind this initiative, you would have droves of pilots looking to protect their future careers. However, for most of us, this and other jobs that threaten u.s. legacies look like our best escape from the already sold out - outsourced jobs we've been doing for so long.
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02-26-2014 | 04:05 AM
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02-26-2014 | 04:13 AM
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The low was in mid- March 2009. No, I haven't forgotten. Read the Big Short by Michael Lewis. Are you in the Republicans created the housing bubble and the Dems swooped in with Hope and saved us train of thought? Barney Frank would love you.
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