Originally Posted by
zoomiezombie
This is precisely why pilots call this the Detroit Pilots Association.
What a completely wacky thing to say. What on Earth does this have to do with some ALPA apologists referring to the DPA as the Detroit Pilots Association? Especially given the fact that the largest base of DPA supporters is....Atlanta.
But don't let me get facts in the way of your good times.
Originally Posted by
zoomiezombie
When the DPA talks about a generic office worker there is a real person attached to that. The pilots on the regular forum were very concerned about Elaine not keeping her job after the merger.
Everyone knows there's a real person attached. What we're saying is: Should that real person be paid over double what the going rate is for that position in the non-ALPA world? That's a legitimate question. My answer is - absolutely not. Elaine may do a good job, but this is a business. You can find other good people too who aren't over double the going rate. To do otherwise is poor stewardship of the dues-payer's money.
Originally Posted by
zoomiezombie
To a fence sitting fool like me it sounds like you are saying that certain ALPA employees are okay and others aren't -> especially if they worked for NWA. It might not be intentional but this forum doesn't do well for color.
I'm saying no such thing. I've never said it, and I've never even intimated it.
Carl