Now is not the time to dump ALPA

"We are in negotiations"
There's too much at stake right now"
Guess what? We always are and there always is.
I have been listening to these platitudes for years and frankly, they don't wash any more. It (ALPA) has a conflict of interest in representing regionals and majors, and as such, cannot, in all good conscience, say it represents YOU.
The objection, or at least, condition, stipulated by those who would entertain this idea, is that there must be a replacement in place before we act. Not so. In fact, as has been shown in the past, the very system of ALPA unionism is obstructionist in allowing any change to happen.
(The first rule of any bureaucracy is:  protect the bureaucracy).
No, a void will be created and like any other aspect of physics, powers will rush to fill that void.
Your negotiators and leader are of a mind that the talks are progressing, and are doing so at a rate predetermined by the RLA and its conditions. This is rubbish. It is a lie. There is no reason why this contract could not have been done in six weeks (it took less than that for the Treaty of Versailles to be draughted), except for the fact that it would not have been perfect, and those bringing it to you do not want to be accused of allowing an imperfection to pass their muster. It is THEIR egos that are causing this process to linger and fester. Egos that are supported and fostered by this very "union". It WILL be an imperfect contract. If you don't think so, somebody else will.
As to Wendy's claim that "Just ask any Continental pilot and you will see why we had to use United's contract as a template" (the  suggestion being that their work rules are so onerous), let me say this:
In questioning a Continental 737 captain with the same relative seniority in equipment and seat as myself (I fly the Airbus in NY, he was based in EWR) I found that he had more control of his schedule than I did, he worked fewer days per month than I did, he made more money than I did (quite a bit more). So tell me Wendy, to which one of these fabulous United work rules do you attribute this situation?
Anybody?
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