Don't put words in my mouth Joe. I'm not an ALPA cheeeader. I think we would do better with a different union. In house or otherwise. ALPA is broken. Our reps are broken.
Skyw seems to be doing fine without ALPA but I do think it is to keep the union off the property.
And the ALPA lawyers are far from great. They are playing checkers while MGMT is playing chess. They have been outclassed at every turn in every agreement we have signed since I've been here.
In fact Joe, I think some of the old contracts were superior to the current one. The current one is very well crafted to give the illusion of transparency and protection, but is riddled with weak language and loopholes. The bucket list reserve system as an example pretends to show transparency with scheduling, but in fact they can manipulate it any way the see fit, so the list is really useless. But there is the illusion of more control and transparency. It's just more buttons for us monkeys to push to feel more in control when we are not at all.
Yes, I know, the old contracts didn't have a bucket list, so you could never see where you stood, but now that we have it, we are NOT better off. There are MANY similar examples in the current contract which seem to be improvements but ultimately were not. Including PBS.
