Rez O. Lewshun
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furloughfodder said:It is possible to do a national seniority list. You need to run it like the longshoremen, doctors, and lawyers do.
When an airline needs to hire new pilots, they contact the Union. The union provides them with a list of possible candidates... it is supply and demand. The union would be able to dictate who a company is allowed to hire.
The union members would be able to bid for jobs, and it would be all based on seniority and experience. For instance, if a company needed 767 drivers, they would be allowed to interview from a pool of qualified 767 pilots. You, as a union member would have a standing bid on file.
The only way we can re-take control of our profession is to regulate it ourselves.
When the longshoremen in San Francisco go on strike, you don’t see the ones from L.A. coming up to scab or sneak around the picket lines. When the longshoremen from San Francisco go on strike, the ENTIRE WEST COAST is shut down. Now that is true power. That is a true union. ALPA is a club.
Initiating everyone’s seniority number would be tough at the beginning. Some say you can do it based on when you got your ATP. Some base it on overall experience. That would have to be determined.
Going forward… all new union members would be required to take tests to become ‘certified’ into the union. Not unlike the BAR exam, or with Doctors, joining the AMA. The reason doctors get paid so much is because they regulate their own profession still. You would have to apply to, and be accepted into this new “pilots union”.
The easiest way to implement these changes would be for ALPA to begin the process, instead of forming a brand new union. Unfortunately we all know how utterly corrupt ALPA National is, so it is my belief this needs to be a new endeavor.
Furloughfodder,
Not quite. You reference longshoreman, doctors and lawyers. None of which operate under the RLA. Read. Education. Airlines have a right to run thier operation. This is what fly and grieve it is all about....
You said
The only way we can re-take control of our profession is to regulate it ourselves.
Change regulate to legislate.
Respectfully, your post can be quickly picked apart......