Funny coming from one engaged in theft. Almost all on the East see it as righting one of ALPA's many wrongs. The days of the ALPA scab mentality are coming to a close.
ALPA has underwent a slow perversion starting with a failure in 78 to institute a National seniority list, to JJ Odonell telling the public it was safe during the controller stike, to not taking care of the Braniff pilots who 400 or 500 scabbing led to the next disaster of breaking the union at CAL and so on an so forth. Over the last 25 years it has went from an advocate for the profession to a corporation abandoning all principles in business for itself and willing to engage in thuggish behavior.
Eventually when a once honorable institution becomes perverted, people will throw off the yolk. Unfortunately is takes time and happens over a period as fond memories are continually replaced by disappointments.
It first started at Airways in 1992, when 1500 cards were collected in the duty rig give back contract, the first crammed down the memberships throat without a vote. Now with ALPA's complete failures in regards to representation on the pension, MDA, bankruptcies and finally the Nicalou gift/theft, less than half the group is now near the plurality of voices on the East.
