Originally Posted by scambo1

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I am just 1 of 12500 pilots. *I am a reasonable guy despite my inability to avoid taking the random snipe when it is offered on a silver platter. *I am going to guess that DAL has about 20% of the pilots completed disgusted (based on DPA cards), 20% of change from within, and 60% that will do whatever DALPA says. YMMV.
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Scope was sold. *Period. *ALPA used it as a bargaining credit and told us that it was good for us. *I am not sure that they even tried to use anything else as a bargaining credit...big picture.
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We find ourselves in a position moving toward section 6 where (theoretically) we have limited leverage because we already used our bargaining credits to get C2K payrates - which ALPA (apologists?) say contributed to our bankruptcy. *
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We gave these payrates back in 2 LOAs pre-bankruptcy...I say that is an overdue loan (but I'm 1 guy). *We woke up after a looong hangover and now we want some scope recature coupled with payrates etc. that reflect C2K + inflation or something similar.
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1. *We have scaled back the atlantic and AF/KLM is flying some of our trips as connections.
2. *AK is flying the heart of our west coast
3. *skywest and RAH arent being beaten back by our in-house union - giving them the green light to further expand. *
4. *A national officer tells us we can't strike over scope - which may or may not be true, but the implication is incompetence. *
5. *ALPA Nat'l tells us our greatest threat is Emirates.
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We are darn near the cheapest yet most productive pilots in our worldwide neighborhood, yet we keep getting kicked in the nutz. *Where is our strategic planning, where is our leverage. *If it exists, I am not seeing it and believe me I try.
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I have said that I believe in some constructive engagement when it is our shared interest, but in reality, what I see is a Lorenzo style shell game being run by colluding managements and our union is far too slow or stupid to see what is happening right in front of its face; dont see the forest for the trees.
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Please help me see how ALPA is the winning team. *Please, please, please.