Come on folks, ALPA has made quite a number of mistakes, but unless a better union can be created, how will it help negotiations at any carrier if line pilots now were to decide to fragment into little APA or FEDEX-type associations?
But then, there would be little or no national bargaining strength whatsoever, as has been the case at FEDEX with their nice little "white-collar" union over there on Democrat Blvd. When your association has little unity, guys like good old Fred have you by the b***s. The mantra is/was "People, Service, Profit"...the famous "PSP"...but UPS pilots somehow have a much better contract.
Against the real Lorenzos/Icahns out there, you have to bargain from some position of strength, and lobby Congress, as the airline mgmt union, the Air Transport Association, has done for many years.