Yea Southwest is doing well and they have an in house union NOT ALPA. I believe they continue to thrive because they are not getting crap advice from ALPA. ALPA tends to poison every company culture.
ALPA does no such thing. It is the company managements, not ALPA, that create the adversarial relationships. Take a look at ExpressJet. One of the leading ALPA small-jet carriers, their pilots have the highest W2 earnings in the industry, and they have a superb relationship with management. ALPA doesn't poison any relationships. We want to get along with management. Unfortunately, the feeling isn't usually mutual.
While I am sure that book means well it is also a biased book. It was written by an ALPA guy I believe so its obviously biased toward the union view.
It is not. The books were written by a college professor named George Hopkins. He had absolutely no connection to ALPA or the industry. The books were a completely non-biased view of the Association's history. You would do well to read them and become educated. Better yet, come out to the next event that ALPA organizes in your domicile for the organizing drive and we'll give you free copies of both books along with a free dinner. You game, or do you just want to hide behind a screen name forever?