Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
Again, you are spinning because you were busted in your attempt to make DPA look hypocritical. And again, as is typical for you after being busted, you re-define the very phrases that you used.
That wasn't your point dude. It's only your point now that you realize you wrongly accused DPA of being hypocritical. And I'm not "asserting" that ALPA legal is in the open market. ALPA legal is their own entity now, and is able to be hired by people outside of ALPA. Who in the hell would want to do that, is another matter.
It's only outsourcing if your entity had these professions in house at one time. DPA has not had these in house. ALPA has. Now, ALPA has outsourced these aeromedical and legal (and there may be others). Now THAT'S outsourcing.
DPA is truly just shopping for the best professional services, instead of being stuck with a poor performer that's been with you forever.
Carl
It is part of what DPA is advocating. Outsourcing what ALPA does in house, that is the point. No spin there. It looks bad for a union or alternate union to want to bust another union that does in house labor, and then tout that outsourcing is bad. That is the point.
Many on here want DPA to outsource everything, and that is the point. It make the whole, outsourcing is bad argument hold little to no water.
I am not reworking my words, just responding to your points. ALPA does almost everything in house. One of the reasons why, is because it gives you better results. So much so that APA wanted it, and other use it. As for the law firm point, the point is there are not many in the business of representing labor in the open market. That is why ALPA goes with the best, and the rest go with the other few.