Just remember one thing and think what you may but APFA is the union that represents the worlds largest f/a workforce. It's not some small little union that has no direction and who is waiting for someone to come in and save it... It's got it's s*** together ... it works for me ...
Also ... when AA buys another airline, you'll know that your senority will be protected and the acquired airline f/as will be stapled to the bottom. Or maybe
Dixie will make things change and they will be filtered in... maybe ahead of you and I... it could happen !!!
I don't know how old you are, but I'd guess you're on the young side of middle age. If you were old enough to remember the "old days", you wouldn't be so quick to throw around the terms Union and APFA in the same paragraph. A REAL Union fights for it's members and doesn't look for bodies to pad a membership list so that some members can step on other's backs to get what they want.
It's probably hard for you to believe but a REAL Union takes care of ALL it's dues payers, and protects them from the predatory practices that seem so pervasive in Management....then and now. Then, when as Flight Attendants (in our - TWA's - case Hostesses) we couldn't have children, had to sign out in an out-of-town book when we were on our way home and were REQUIRED to be at the signed for number during our days off. When Supervisors were free to slap our bottoms to see if we were wearing the required girdle. When they carried nail polish color charts and if yours happened to be frosted you could count on a visit to the Hangar and a "discussion" with your supervisor. When, if you'd call in sick, you'd get a daily check-in call from the Office just to see "how things were going".
When we could be put on "tan check". And, when the inevitable letter came sometime during our career that accused us of something, a REAL Union came with us into that meeting and saved our neck.
REAL Unions fought for and won all the things you now enjoy. You no longer have to worry about indiscriminate firing or harrassment or a Company that uses and then discards you because you're past a certain age or a certain weight.
Instead, Maark 767, your "Union" (and I use that term quite loosely) couldn't wait to put us under the membership umbrella - not to protect us and represent us and defend us from people such as yourself (who seems to gleefully hope that another airline acquired gives the existing membership that much more insulation), but so they could squeeze every last dime from us in Union dues before discarding us when we were no longer convenient. A REAL Union would have gone toe to toe with American Airlines when it was apparent that over 4,000 members - note I say members - were going to be kicked out the door with nothing but their dignity. You might want to take a look in the mirror and note that there are grand things about honor, and promises and doing the right thing.
You might also note that the people you at APFA and AA tried to discard, have more pride and dignity, even now, than you apparently have neglected to obtain in your lifetime.
