Troutbait
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- Dec 20, 2005
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I will defend Skynation. He is a smart mature guy. It is not because people don't want ALPA that our industry turned into what it is. It started with our democrat friend Ted Kennedy with his deregulation action. Sorry to say, but ALPA was around then too. Most people were happy to be part of ALPA or anytype of union. But things changed. Greed for lots of $$ (which I want too) lead to contracts that killed the airlines. True airlines could have managed their resources in a better way and distributed their $$ to those who deserve it, but they didn't. Now everyone is screwed because management is in a race to the bottom. Delta and United have to wait till Southwest raises their prices before they can do the same. It is the free market that is killing us. Paying 2% of my check in hopes that ALPA can get me more money is silly. Maybe ALPA really wants to help, but you will only get what the company will give you. To negotiate for 6 years and still be fighting for the bare needs is messed up. That is not all ALPA's fault true. But why bring it when things here are really not that bad. The industry has to change. For everyone out there thinks things will get better. You are foolish and naive. The pilot shortage will do nothing but force companies to lobby to congress for help, just as in Europe. They will change rules before paying more money. We will all be flying with FOs with 50 hours before long. Airlines are already approaching colleges willing to subsidize students tuition with the promise of a job. That pisses me off and should you too. I am in debt up to high heaven to get here. I hate what we have, but that is it. It is what we have. I want the days when we got great money, flew great routes, had FAs that are all nurses, but it ain't coming back. Not without regulation again. But in a free market it ain't going to happen again. It is going down. We are bus drivers of the sky. Period. That is how the company and the masses of people feel about us. I am a realist. It is time you all should wake up too. If a union could help, I would pay 10%. But it won't. I won't pay my money to ALPA again, because it goes to fund stupid ads and posters, and not to actually fixing the problem.