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Thank you to all pilots who attended or spoke at the Membership and Guest Hour this morning at APA HQ.
Professional pollster Phil Comstock in conjunction with UNH debriefed the ALPA Survey Results to the APA BOD. Here were the key takeaways:
- The survey was deemed reliable and Mr. Comstock recommended the BOD pass the APA-ALPA Merger Committee Resolution. He also noted the participation in this survey was equivalent to the last contract survey conducted by APA.
- 67% of the AA pilot group are in favor of seeing what a merger between APA and ALPA looks like. 52% of AA pilots were strongly in favor. Only 18% of AA pilots are strongly opposed to seeing what a merger with ALPA looks like.
- This survey was conducted while APA leadership was consistently telling the membership that a contract TA vote was imminent. Mr. Comstock commented that if the survey was conducted after the events of the last two weeks, then the survey would likely have been more favorable to an ALPA merger discussion.
As a reminder, the purpose of a merger between APA and ALPA is to retain the aspects of APA that benefit our pilot group the most while gaining access to resources and a governance structure that sets us up for success for this contract cycle and beyond.
Given the state of negotiations, we strongly urge the BOD to consider the opportunity in front of them right now. If the BOD passes this resolution and forms a credible merger committee, then the BOD will unify the membership, engage pilots on the sidelines, and likely gain access to ALPA resources to help our next Negotiating Committee succeed at the bargaining table.
Please contact your reps ASAP. Let them know they need to follow the will of the membership and pass this resolution this week.
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