And we are supposed to listen to a guy like you PCL who payed for a job? Who screwed numerous people out of paying jobs so you could buy your way to the top? Now your on the ALPA band wagon because you think they are the magic answer????
The guy admitted his mistake. He now speaks against people who are looking to take the route he did...
What else do you want?
ALPA carriers took it in the &#&^ after 9/11. ALPA bent over and let UAL take it, DAL, ALA, USAIR, CAL, and numerous other carriers.
Voted on by each pilot. If you don't like it... the query each and every pilot.
Yet SWA, UPS, and AMR are 3 of the 4 highest paid carriers in the industry.
If you compare the UPS and FDX contract it is clear that the UPS contract is a company friendly contract... passed by a small majority.
Whereas the FDX contract passed with a high majority... clearly a pilot friendly contract.
Only 1 of the 4 highes paid carriers is ALPA... Yet ALPA carriers took the highes pay cuts of all the airlines... This is what you guys wanna sign up for???
SWA and UPS are enjoying a relatively good business model and leadership.... and so is FDX.
AMR... or specifically the APA, has had some serious blunders... the sick out and $45M fine and recall the B scale in the 1980's that UAL pilots were forced to contend with, went to the mat with management, struck UAL and defeated the B scale. Thanks APA. In addition, UAL had the 570. 570 new hire pilots that were used as negotiation "hostages". U-ALPA didn't cave and ensured those pilots returned to work....with seniority.
One reason why the UPS contract is weaker than the FDX contract is the ability to strike. ALPA can afford to support a striking pilot group. In house unions cannot.
Thus, the trouble with the NPA at Airtran. They will never get a fair contract because management knows they do not have the resources (IOW the money) to strike.
Why does management have to negotiate with Airtran pilots? FL pilots don't have leverage, or the threat of a strike... until they do, not much will change...