What the HELL are you talking about? Pilots will find fault with the unions when things get bad and disregard the union when times are good. Did ALPA have anything to do with American buying TWA, did ALPA have anything to do with US Airways, Delta, United, ATA, ALOHA, Independence Air, and Northwest going into Bankruptcy? Hell no! Your anger is being thrown the wrong direction. All of these things came about as a result of PISS POOR MANAGEMENT! Imagine what would have happened to these carriers pilot contracts had they not had union representation. Get your ASS over to a ALPA road show and they will answer your questions. All of the questions you have asked on this board, they have answered at the road shows.
See, you are beginning to show your ignorance! I was a member of ALPA at a major carrier. I know what ALPA is all about. ALPA is not perfect and will not solve all of our problems. ALPA has more resources to offer than our current in house union. By the way, been to one of the roadshows as I mentioned above and they have answered a lot of questions the gentleman above has been asking.
"Air Transvestite", wow! Did you think of that yourself? I'm sure my teenage son will think it's hilarious!
Yawn . . . . Valujet was over 12 years ago . . . . I get the distinct impression that you weren't even driving then.
Suddenly, you'll get a sinking feeling that your dues money is being spent on someone else. Until then, just look at what a fat ass Prater has.....that should also give you a clue about how much godd@mn money that guy is raking in. But look out, look carefully, because he practices saying "I feel your pain" EVERY SINGLE WAKING MORNING, so he's pretty good at keeping you under the ALPA spell. Hey, it works on Rez, and it seems to already be working on you. You are attacking well-meaning detractors here on FI.com, labeling them as ignorant, etc.I question your reading comprehension! Myself and my fellow AirTran pilots were trying to tell "Scarlet" to go to the informational road shows to get his questions answered. The questions he had were addressed at the road shows and that is all I was responding to. Because you failed to comprehend that, you decided to go on some rant about how I would be sorry about an organization I've been a member of in the past. First of all, I wasn't telling this individual how to vote. I was just stating like many others in this thread, get to a road show and your questions will be answered. He may or may not like the answers, but it is better than coming on here and ranting about stuff that can easily be answered. Everyone has the right to evaluate, get informed, and make a decision. You are attempting to make this about you and why you hate ALPA. Let me tell you now, I don't care where you come from or how you feel about ALPA. A union is only as good as the participation of its members. NO UNION in recent memory made bad fuel hedges, picked a route, picked a airplane, or filed for bankruptcy. As much as you proclaim not to like ALPA, I say with confidence the pilots that went through these issues above would not of wanted to without union representation.No, in fact I don't "see" anything but your ignorance, but that is the nature of Internet keyboard commando operations. I wasn't aware it was a contest, but I've been an ALPA member at three different carriers since 1995....two regional and one major. But, in your world I guess that doesn't qualify me to comment. Your loss.
AirTranny has done better on its own than ALPA could have done for it....guarantee it! Just wait 'till something you want to do conflicts with the interests of DAL
Actually, that pretty much indicates you are cut out for ALPA. Enjoy the pony ride.
