If any pro-cabotage EU administrator is chreering it's because he/she just figured out how to get ALPA to not resist a cabotage debate: Simply make it fiscally rewarding to Prater's ALPA senior minority and he'll sell out the whole enchilada!
Actually, they can bank on the typical CLUELESSNESS (is that a word?) of the typical airline pilot. You know, the ones who don't attend union meetings, don't contribute to ALPA-PAC, blame ALPA from everything to the loss of their pensions to the excessive amount of solar flare activity, etc., etc. You know, the "one issue" people who say, "I'm never going to contribute to ALPA-PAC again, I'm taking my ALPA pin off, etc., etc.," every time they don't get their way. Again, the Age 60 battle was fought per our direction and ultimaely lost when Administrator Blakely said that the FAA would support an age 65 rule. It's game over, and anyone following the "game" knew that 5 months ago on January 30th.
If he tells you battling cabotage (for instance) is futile are you going to believe him? Are you going to believe he's representing you while his pockets overflow and yours are sucked dry?
Actually, I do think the cabotage thing is futile (ultimately) but can be delayed, which is my short to intermediate term goal. Long term will be damage control concerning this issue. But I digress.........
So what you're saying is that after the FAA said they're going to the ICAO Age 65 standards, the Senate Commerce Committee reported their version of the FAA Reauthorization bill with Age 65 verbage (with the House expected to follow) we should still fight? Fight what? It's lost. And yes, he is representing me by sitting at the table that will figure out how this change is going to take place. If he wasn't, then he wouldn't be representing me and I'd be stuck with some airline management lackey ATA guy determining my fate of post Age 60 regulation.
Where are we going to make a stand against this sort of representation guys? It won't take too many issues settled in this manner and we'll all be done.
What stand are you personally going to take? Are you going to go to a Union meeting? How many of your peers have even seen the inside of a Union hall where the real decisions are made? Are you going to volunteer your time so that you can enact change from within? Are you going to run for elected office so that YOU can be Prater someday and correct all these perceived injustices?
Actually, they can bank on the typical CLUELESSNESS (is that a word?) of the typical airline pilot. You know, the ones who don't attend union meetings, don't contribute to ALPA-PAC, blame ALPA from everything to the loss of their pensions to the excessive amount of solar flare activity, etc., etc. You know, the "one issue" people who say, "I'm never going to contribute to ALPA-PAC again, I'm taking my ALPA pin off, etc., etc.," every time they don't get their way. Again, the Age 60 battle was fought per our direction and ultimaely lost when Administrator Blakely said that the FAA would support an age 65 rule. It's game over, and anyone following the "game" knew that 5 months ago on January 30th.
If he tells you battling cabotage (for instance) is futile are you going to believe him? Are you going to believe he's representing you while his pockets overflow and yours are sucked dry?
Actually, I do think the cabotage thing is futile (ultimately) but can be delayed, which is my short to intermediate term goal. Long term will be damage control concerning this issue. But I digress.........
So what you're saying is that after the FAA said they're going to the ICAO Age 65 standards, the Senate Commerce Committee reported their version of the FAA Reauthorization bill with Age 65 verbage (with the House expected to follow) we should still fight? Fight what? It's lost. And yes, he is representing me by sitting at the table that will figure out how this change is going to take place. If he wasn't, then he wouldn't be representing me and I'd be stuck with some airline management lackey ATA guy determining my fate of post Age 60 regulation.
Where are we going to make a stand against this sort of representation guys? It won't take too many issues settled in this manner and we'll all be done.
What stand are you personally going to take? Are you going to go to a Union meeting? How many of your peers have even seen the inside of a Union hall where the real decisions are made? Are you going to volunteer your time so that you can enact change from within? Are you going to run for elected office so that YOU can be Prater someday and correct all these perceived injustices?