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Old 07-15-2011 | 07:35 PM
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Carl Spackler
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Originally Posted by Herkflyr
Why should any current ALPA rep/volunteer want to work for an organization whose entire premise was "you guys suck"?
Because they don't work for the organization. They're supposed to work for the pilots who they represent. Any current ALPA rep that didn't feel that way should never again be allowed to do union work.

Originally Posted by Herkflyr
Let me put it to you this way. What if the DPA becomes a reality, you become a rep or committee member of the DPA, then the Delta pilots throw out the DPA to return to ALPA a couple of years later (like the FedEx pilots did). Would you be itching to fill an ALPA or "transition" position?
I would do it in a heartbeat because the people I would work for wouldnt have changed. Just the union name.

Originally Posted by Herkflyr
I didn't think so.
Do you always answer your own questions?

I thought so.

Carl