jumppilot
Something in a box
- Joined
- Feb 14, 2002
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Unfortunately for ALPA, it has spent the last two decades so squarely alienating the junior pilots with the age 65 debacle, scope allowances, b scale, etc that a lot of pilots in their 30's and 40's don't trust anything that they say or do.
So very true.
ALPA sent out a mag a year ago telling us to tell the airways pilots (before their de-cert) how awesome ALPA was and they had an article highlighting their points.
All the points mentioned cockpit safety, working with the FAA for duty times, political clout...yet nowhere did I see anything...
..THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTED MY QUALITY OF LIFE!
You can talk about GPWS all you want, but those are mandated by the government. Our paychecks are not.
I've seen people talk about protecting A-Funds, helping with retirement, blastmails that talk about funding schedules. At no time have I seen anyone talk about crappy first year pay, "yeah we voted for it, but you know what? We are not going to stand for it."
ALPA has failed me and I'll gladly be managements pawn against older people and vote accordingly.
PS: I had no idea how screwed up our trade was until I talked to a union plumber. "I can quit from this job and at my next I'll still make 13th year pay. I mean, I am a plumber and I should be paid as such."
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