Originally Posted by Bucking Bar

How would / could DPA deal with "big" issues, like cabotage, multi crew pilot licensure, unmanned aircraft ... issues which need to be addressed with the legitimacy of being "the" pilots' union?

Unions get their power directly from those they represent. ALPA represents more than 53,000 pilots at 39 airlines just here and in Canada. DPA does not have that tool in it's tool box. By trying to leverage a "conflict of interest" into a representational "raison d' etre" the DPA is more about building a fence than building bridges.

p.s. Zoomie, I apologize to the French.