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The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) is facing a crisis involving pilots from the carrier US Airways. Many US Airways pilots believe the ALPA has failed them, and emotions are boiling over as an election approaches Thursday to replace it with another group. Pilots say ALPA supporters have clashed with their rivals at the upstart US Airline Pilots Association (USAPA). They've engaged in at least one shoving match, shouted profanities at each other in airport terminals and called each other to the parking lot to settle their arguments. Meanwhile, ALPA has kicked out union reps accused of supporting USAPA, and pilots on the West Coast have asked management to negotiate a separate contract just for them.