Noting the ease with which 70 years of collective bargaining was flushed down the toilet at AA, UA and U recently, what is the point of a union now?
AA management regularly terminates pilots without a hearing--"so sue us" is their refrain.
Hundreds are furloughed at Delta and NWA on the same day that senior management received obscene bonuses. Where was Duane Woerth-less? What are your dues going for? I believe any union worth its salt would have staged a one day walk out over the bonus/furlough issue. The ALPA leaders are more concerned with cocktail hour than protecting their members.
The unions used to be a firewall against management abuse. Now they hold us down while management rapes us.
"Another martini, please--this time with two olives"--the ALPA HQ battle cry.
TC