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Originally Posted by mikecweb  If UPS was ALPA would Don's opinion matter? |
I know you like quoting me. . .but, did I ever say Don's opinion didn't matter? Or (for BobDDuck) that anyone's opinion doesn't matter?
Let's take a look, professionally, at what I have been saying. . .let's see if we can play along for a few moments.
I'm more concerned with seeing all 121 passenger operations' pilots united under one umbrella.
If Cargo pilots are ALPA, or want to be ALPA. . .excellent. But my personal main opinion is that all 121 scheduled passenger pilots should be under one umbrella.
I won't ever tell a Cargo ALPA member how I think he should run his association - as I don't fly in that sector. I'll support their decisions, because they are ALPA. I would also think it wouldn't be too much to ask though for the cargo guys to support whatever decision a fellow ALPA MEC concludes, instead of telling them how to run their show. So, in my personal viewpoint
their opinions do not matter directly to how I feel a 121 passenger ALPA MEC should react/act. Just as I do not feel that a 121 passenger ALPA MEC's opinions should not matter to a 121 cargo ALPA MEC's decisions or how they react.
I'll walk that line with any of them when/if the time comes, but I'm not going to tell those guys how to run their ballgame, and I would expect the same courtesy from them.
As a 121 passenger pilot I am more concerned with
my (general usage) sector of the industry rather than what Cargo pilots are working towards. They have a different set of QOL/Pay/Benefit issues to fight for, than I think the 121 passenger pilots are fighting for.
More importantly, the customers are obviously different. Cargo pilots have a certain luxury of not having to worry about boxes complaining about high prices.