Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
This is a very critical point here FTB and one of the reasons that DALPA's lack of trust is so harmful now. Here's why: If many Delta pilots don't trust DALPA, but want to wait and see if the opener is weak before they do anything about it, it will be far too late. If the DALPA opener is weak, then they claim it's what the survey showed, it will make the DPA a moot point until the next contract. This is because the NMB would take a dim view of any negotiations whereby one party increased the desires shown in their opener.
If ALPA is not replaced prior to the exchange of Section 6 openers, trust is all we'll have to hope for because DALPA will NOT release the survey. If you love the opener, great. If you hate the opener, there's nothing you can do about it except understand that the final product will only be worse than the opener you hate.
Carl
We are partnered up with ALPA for this next contract negotiation. It is what it is. There is no way DPA will get voted in before. That being the case, ALPA can use this as an opportunity to show the membership they have brass and get us SWA +1. If they drop the ball, that will be the nail in ALPAs coffin. They'll have nobody to blame.