I worked in California in the early 80's for a small..now large regional airline..many many times we contacted ALPO to organize us due to working and other conditions...they weren't interested even the slightest bit..then when Continental struck in 1983, and more than 30% of our pilots or more crossed the line and went to work, it was a wake-up call for ALPO, as they realized lowly "commuter pilots" could do a lot of damage...so while ALPO (A) is keen to collect dues from regional pilots, and label them as "union brothers", it always seems their attempts to support them in times of trouble is at best half-assed...they just dont generate the dues revenue that a major airline does..and face it...ALPO is a business...and the little guys lose...oddly enough all my colleagues who scabbed at that time are now dues-paying ALPO members...fancy that!!!....and no I haven't made any typo's here ALPO is a brand of dog food in the USA...hence ALPO...the dog-food union...a term coined by a group of original Frontier pilots who lost out when the UAL MEC shot down their buyout to attempt to prevent the formation of "b" scale wages....brotherly love in action
