Attention APA, ALPA, CALPA, SWAPA members
Some of you may be aware of this.
There seems to be a concerted effort by Airline CEO's led by Leo Mullin and Don Carty to pressure the Administration and or Congress to amend the Railway Labor Act. They want to amend it in such a way that would take away our right to self help and force us in to a "Base Ball" style type of arbitration. You can bet that if this ever comes to pass it will profoundly change the way we work. Airline management would not be pushing for this if it wasn't in their favor.
I urge everyone to keep tabs on this effort and be prepared, if necessary, to mount a huge lobbying campaign against this. This will not only affect pilots but all orginized labor that fall under the Railway Labor act.
I personally don't think that this will come to pass due to questions of constitutionality, but you never know.