Unions?
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Keep in mind here, ALPA is NOT a union. It is an ASSOCIATION designed to allow any regional to be whipsawed against each other without national intervention. ALPA just wants numbers so they can increase they're income.
If you don't believe me, give Tim Cannoll a call and ask him whether they're a union or not. PSA is a prime example of why ALPA is NOT a union and not on the side of regionals.
If you don't believe me, give Tim Cannoll a call and ask him whether they're a union or not. PSA is a prime example of why ALPA is NOT a union and not on the side of regionals.
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This is more towards what I'm getting at. Especially with unions that claim to represent multiple carriers, but can't protect the from being used against each other by the same companies that they claim to protect us from. Isnt that some kind of false advertising? Haha.. I think the whole system is silly.
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If an airline's pilot group is to be unionized (which I think it should be), then maybe it should have it's own union and not collaborate (and pay money to) an association that does little to protect its interests. Of course in magical fairy land one union (or association) would have one contract and one pay scale, and represent their group as a whole...but I guess that doesn't make sense in today's world?
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Keep in mind here, ALPA is NOT a union. It is an ASSOCIATION designed to allow any regional to be whipsawed against each other without national intervention. ALPA just wants numbers so they can increase they're income.
If you don't believe me, give Tim Cannoll a call and ask him whether they're a union or not. PSA is a prime example of why ALPA is NOT a union and not on the side of regionals.
If you don't believe me, give Tim Cannoll a call and ask him whether they're a union or not. PSA is a prime example of why ALPA is NOT a union and not on the side of regionals.
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The current national trend is against organized labor
#28
ALPA national is an association for local ALPA unions. PSA ALPA has nothing to do with Mesa ALPA or Envoy ALPA. If ALPA national was a union that represented every ALPA pilot, we would all have global seniority numbers, one list. Go chew on that for a bit... The implications that would have... The **** fight that would create.
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ALPA is not a union. It's an association of twenty-something independent unions. Each individual MEC uses the resources of the association at their discretion for their own purposes. Once you understand that, you'll understand the difference.
But ALPA was created, first, for the betterment of safety. If all airline pilots were paying dues under one association (or union), they would have more leverage in the halls of congress, the White House, the judiciary, the nmb, TSA, dhs, fbi, etc. ALPA is, first and foremost, an aviation safety advocate. And we should all feel compelled to improve safety first. We do that by uniting under one association/Union. The bargaining and job protections should be secondary and tertiary.
But ALPA was created, first, for the betterment of safety. If all airline pilots were paying dues under one association (or union), they would have more leverage in the halls of congress, the White House, the judiciary, the nmb, TSA, dhs, fbi, etc. ALPA is, first and foremost, an aviation safety advocate. And we should all feel compelled to improve safety first. We do that by uniting under one association/Union. The bargaining and job protections should be secondary and tertiary.
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