Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
That is the problem. It has been leaking because too many pilots have been spending their time resting on the work of past generations, not because if cannot get fixed. It may take more work that it would have taken a few years ago, but that is the cost of going to the Lake versus doing your part. I can also guarantee you that fixing the "leak" is a hell of a lot cheaper than tearing down the house, getting new permits, inspections, a builder you can trust, and rebuilding it. No one ever appreciates the cost and headache of new construction until after they have lived it. It is also true that once the last nail is put in and you get a OC, there is invariably something that is not perfect and makes you desire to build a new house again. It is plain moronic.
With all due respect here, this is where your logic is wrong. DALPA does not own the house in the first place. Having a construction business, my advice on a big remodel is to usually knock the whole house down and start over. Trying to fix the leak or what ever the problem is is usually throwing good money after bad. In this case we are throwing our money after bad in that we only get 30% or so back and the rest goes to an organization that supports our competition. I say building a new house will result in a fresh start that keeps all the money in house for DAL pilots and might even cost us less. Old houses have old everything from foundation to plumbing to wiring that are outdated as I personally find ALPA OUTDATED and self perpetuating only concerned about how to keep the green backs coming in and get more green backs coming in. I do not see any fight in ALPA for me personally and have not in the last 26 years of being a dues paying member. On every major issue that was important to me, things went the wrong way for me, age 65 being one of those. I am ready for a change. I have witness first hand what happens to reps that are not in line with the way the MEC thinks, They are cut out of the information loop!!!!!!!! Sad but true. How would you like your rep to be cut off from information and virtually made totally ineffective? How do you change an organization with those kind of tactics. The council 20 letter was spot on about the problems and their is no fixing that house, they will not let it happen. From national to our local DALPA is is all about the organization and what keeps it alive not the PILOTS at DAL and that is the major crux of the problem. Now on a good note:
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