Originally Posted by
shiznit
As I've said in other places, you have to prove to me that "DPA supporters" can change the smaller things first, and that will give me confidence to trust that the aims and methods of a "DPA" can and will be successful in the larger. So far its just been talk and complain, "DALPA su*ks, our way is better."
DPA needs to show me that they will TRY to fix the problems they see at the local level, if they can't modify and fix the current policy manual, how on God's green earth are they going to write one from scratch. Even if the efforts are rebuffed, you've now created a "body of work" that you can use to SPECIFICALLY show how a "DPA" would function and the structure that would be employed! That would give real and concrete examples that the "silent majority" could use to compare one system over the other. Without that, its all just bluster.
If DPA can't even muster the effort, organization and resolve to fix small things now; they will not be able to "rebuild" a large labor union from the ground up.
You keep missing the point. Many of the pilot brotherhood have tried what you suggest. The infrastructure we call ALPA has been given opportunities to right the ship many times and yet they continue down a path the top leadership chooses contrary to what Delta Airline pilots are asking for. Truly, that ship has sailed.
Hell, right now ALPA could come out with a mission statement on scope and pay, with the aim of returning them to their proper place. They choose not to. Instead they fill their magazine with shameless self promotion referencing victories of laser light reductions and crew pass year 7 "we are getting closer" announcements. Yes, these are important causes but what is most troubling is that which is not discussed. To those pilots at mainline carriers this should register as a multiple alarm fire.