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.
DPA would handle exactly the same way SWAPA does. Get other people stupid enough to be in a communal union to payfor it. Not to mention those happen to be issued that should be handled by the federal government, not a group of for profit pilots. Really.