Is this the right place to ask DPA questions now? Sorry mods if not.
I've been reading for weeks from many of you about sending a message to ALPA, now the DPA is saying they don't want people just to send a message. There was a foreign-born FO handing out cards while I was on a productivity sit in LaLa Land a week ago and telling people to send a message to ALPA. He seemed very passionate about the message of sending a message and not so much the group.
So which is it? The DPA just posted this:
There is no marketing campaign to “Send ALPA a message by sending in your Card”. Funny thing is that we have always told people we are not interested in sending a message. We want out because there is no hope of deep change from within ALPA. We have even discouraged pilots from turning in a Card just to send a message. We want real Cards from real people who want real change. If a pilot is simply undecided, we want that Card and then we will work like crazy to prove we deserve it.
I'm reluctant to send a card and
then get 'sold' on the group. The recruiters seem to be saying different things than the DPA? I understand I can't get my card back from them, ever. So how do I change my mind if I put my card in first? It seems like they just want my card?