Guys, just look at our history.

ALPA got sued defending the right of mainline pilots to bargain exclusively. ALPA was on OUR SIDE.

The Delta and Northwest MEC's came up with scope sales on their own YEARS BEFORE the Ford / Cooksey settlement. We negotiated these deals and WE RATIFIED them.

The problem with our scope is INTERNAL. WE CREATED THIS OUTSOURCING PROBLEM BY FIGHTING UNITY AND TRYING TO CAPITALIZE ON DIS-UNITY. WE DID NOT WANT (as an MEC) TO PERFORM SMALL JET FLYING AND WE STILL DO NOT WANT TO PERFORM SMALL JET FLYING.

That is the problem. The problem is not National, it is a disagreement that guys like me have been losing for a decade here, locally. You see it going on right now with the gerrymandering of the Negotiating Committee just prior to a small jet RFP.

The DPA can't offer a solution until they correctly identify the problem. Blaming National will not change anything.