JoeMerchant
ASA pilot
- Joined
- Mar 31, 2005
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How much of our dues is going for your $650,000 settlement that got you a milk toast remedy? Why did you lay down your gauntlet for such a weak remedy, if you believed in your cause?
Actually I estimate ALPA spent over 3.5 million total on the lawsuit....It is a weak remedy and I fully expect ALPA to not honor it....There will be more lawsuits as the different factions within this loose "association" spar with each other.....
Speedtape said:By the way, as far as the disparate method of assessing dues on 401k contributuions, and as far as your campaign to insure "Duty of Fair Representation," is it fair for you to pay less dues by the present method and expect "Duty of Fair Representation?" That seems to be inconsistent with your logic!
The 401k exemption was started when us regional folks didn't have pension plans like the big boys....We subsidized their pensions with our low pay...Exempting the 401k money was the least ALPA could do for the "working class" members of ALPA...Fact remains....it is a dues increase now for a less than impressive job....
Speedtape said:Are you leading the charge for decertification? So if you are successful, what would be your plan for protecting our contract? IF ALPA fails, what standard would protect the non-union carriers like Skywest and for that matter ASA?
No I'm not....in fact I'm on the fence about decertification....We always have the DFR lawsuit option if we remain in ALPA....We lose that if we leave....Heck of a union where we have to rely on DFR lawsuits to defend our interests....The leader is a former MEC member....many ALPA cheerleaders are now talking about it....Amazing how stupid this move was by ALPA....
Speedtape said:The absence of ALPA, warts and all, would make us all sheep--including those good non-union companies that you like to use as flag bearers! As they said to the Colonists in the events leading up to the American Revolution, regarding their fear to stand up to the British, "Make yourselves sheep, and surely, you will be devoured by the Wolves!"
Mr. Merchant, if ALPA is gone, how will you protect us from the Wolves? Show us some of your good leadership, Mr. former Alpa cheerleader! What's the plan--to lead us off the cliff?
Without ALPA, like it or not, You might have to worry about alot more than your $25!
Actually I don't realy believe things would be much different without ALPA....ALPA doesn't have nearly the pull some would believe it does....This combined with the fact that Skywest is smart and actually believes in a good relationship with it's employees....Things wouldn't really change that much...
Setting that aside...nobody is advocating ditching ALPA for going non-union....An inhouse union or other option is what is being looked into.....You have a better chance of getting the Skywest pilots on board without ALPA....
ALPA is dieing a slow death...Even the senior member of the ASA MEC told me it would be smart to have a plan B as there is a good chance ALPA doesn't survive the current turmoil.....
Let's put some pressure on ALPA and prepare to go our own way....Maybe that will be the pressure ALPA needs to get it's act together.......
ALPA is about to lose another couple thousand members (ASTAR, UAL, CAL, Atlas/Polar, Spirit)....How much are the dues going to increase then?
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