DPA is the alternate! The standard is to always vote "no", then blame "ALPA" because there has to be SOME reason an overwhelming majority of their fellow pilots think and vote differently than they do! Jedi Mind Tricks by ALPA is less threatening to them than the harsh realization that they are out-of-sync with the pilot group.

Those clarifying moments when we've had yes/no decisions to make as a group are the truth-tellers that Carl & Co. can't deny.