ReformAlpa
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- Joined
- Dec 30, 2005
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- 19
Just want to state a quick post about the upcoming BOD meeting in October. At this meeting the next President of ALPA will be elected. The event is taking place in Las Vegas, of all places. (Quality use of your Union dues !!)
Keep this date in mind. Start talking to other pilots about this date and contact your local MEC regarding your feelings about Duane Woerth's tenure. We can assume he is running again and this time he won't be running unopposed.
There is going to be a candidate who is going to bring fresh new ideas to the table. Not the same "We need to Unify in these times of crisis" B.S. we have been hearing. Please be patient with us as we are still in the planning phases of this campaign. No sense coming out too early, lest DW steals our ideas and tries to claim them for himself.
Once again, we will be coming out with more specifics as the date gets closer.
If you really want to look at how well your dues are being spent, go to the ALPA website and go to "Events". Click on the BOD meeting in October. There you will find a section about the past BOD meetings. Spend some time and study all, the "Celebrations" and "Receptions" they had in 2002. 5 days of meetings and receptions and celebrations in Hollywood Florida. All the really important business could probably have been done in a day and a half.
Disgusting....all the while a starting FO salary is around $19,000 before health care and taxes. While a Northwest pilot makes less today than he did 10 years ago.
We all know the problems...management has been taking us to the cleaners and ALPA National has not provided sufficient leadership. We're not going to sit back and just bitch and complain. There is plenty of that on the message boards and in the cockpit. We are going to try to do something about it.
Before we can fight back and take on management effectively, we need to fix ALPA National first.
Once again, please be patient as we are still working on our platform and campaign. Specific details and ideas are still being created and as the date of the BOD meeting approaches, you will hear more about it.
In the meantime, keep in mind the upcoming elections in October.
Fly safe.
Keep this date in mind. Start talking to other pilots about this date and contact your local MEC regarding your feelings about Duane Woerth's tenure. We can assume he is running again and this time he won't be running unopposed.
There is going to be a candidate who is going to bring fresh new ideas to the table. Not the same "We need to Unify in these times of crisis" B.S. we have been hearing. Please be patient with us as we are still in the planning phases of this campaign. No sense coming out too early, lest DW steals our ideas and tries to claim them for himself.
Once again, we will be coming out with more specifics as the date gets closer.
If you really want to look at how well your dues are being spent, go to the ALPA website and go to "Events". Click on the BOD meeting in October. There you will find a section about the past BOD meetings. Spend some time and study all, the "Celebrations" and "Receptions" they had in 2002. 5 days of meetings and receptions and celebrations in Hollywood Florida. All the really important business could probably have been done in a day and a half.
Disgusting....all the while a starting FO salary is around $19,000 before health care and taxes. While a Northwest pilot makes less today than he did 10 years ago.
We all know the problems...management has been taking us to the cleaners and ALPA National has not provided sufficient leadership. We're not going to sit back and just bitch and complain. There is plenty of that on the message boards and in the cockpit. We are going to try to do something about it.
Before we can fight back and take on management effectively, we need to fix ALPA National first.
Once again, please be patient as we are still working on our platform and campaign. Specific details and ideas are still being created and as the date of the BOD meeting approaches, you will hear more about it.
In the meantime, keep in mind the upcoming elections in October.
Fly safe.
