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PCL_128 "If you don't like living with ALPA, try living without ALPA."
You’re joking right?
Do you really think that the dissolution of ALPA would not be detrimental to pilot pay and benefits across the industry?
Pilots are bound and determined to shoot themselves in the foot.
So because ALPA (which is no more than a democratic collection of pilot unions) is imperfect (please name a perfect institution) you would trust your career to airline management?
If you think post 9/11 bankruptcies were bad, just wait till airline managements are given the keys to the store when pilots decide they don't need unions.
Jetblue is a perfect example. Bargain basement pay and benefits. JetBlue has set the low bar for health insurance, work rules, and retirement. They use some blended rate to confuse the pay issue and then they find ways to take away overtime pay.
The only thing keeping it all from going even lower are the unions that are turning things around.
You need to look at a little more history than just the past ten years.
Waterski - I don't think PCL128 was saying you that you had to have ALPA at JetBlue.
128 was at Pinnacle and worked hard for the pilots there. I believe his tag line might be in reference to the current state of affairs at his current Union at AirTran. Don't work there so I can't say for sure.
Jetblue is a perfect example. Bargain basement pay and benefits. JetBlue has set the low bar for health insurance, work rules, and retirement. They use some blended rate to confuse the pay issue and then they find ways to take away overtime pay.
How did ALPA help the TWA pilots?
How did the TWA pilots help (or not help) themselves....
ALPA Nat'l might not have done all that it should have, (lawsuit pending) but you can't claim that college educated pilot that operate high performance jets, were mindless sheep being lead around by a cunning fox. Can you?...
Fact is, all of us don't put enough effort into policing our elected officers. We sometimes, but usually not, vote for fellow pilots to "manage" our careers.
Who cares about your career more than you?
Would you give your house and car keys to your MEC Chairman? How about your wallet and credit cards? Probably not, but for some reason we hand over full control of 10, 15, 20 years of career earnings to some guy you might not have even bothered to vote in the election for....
It seems to me that we need to keep a more watchful eye on our careers..... for if we don't then decisions are made by our MEC or National that aren't in line with our expectations....
Thoughts?