Originally Posted by
DAL 88 Driver
Because they know it would be a waste of time and energy. DALPA is very good at spooling up their political machine and fending off recall attempts. Combine that with a generally apathetic pilot group, and you would take the focus of the DPA guys off their objective and cause them to waste time and effort on a lost cause. Just take a look at the last major recall attempt a few years ago in ATL if you want to understand what I'm talking about.
Plus, that still doesn't solve the problems with ALPA National and conflict of interest.
I can completely understand why DPA does not consider this to be an alternative.
I also suspect that those in the know also know that what you described is a straw many that most are not willing to fight against. With the vocal group (refuse to call them a minority because I know many that are considered part of the "silent majority that are unhappy, but refuse to entertain doing anything to change it) not acting, don't you think that is what many want? Take your marbles to a new game that you have little hope of winning, and in return they do not have to deal with any organized effort to call BS.
I truly believe that if DPA or its supporters organized and even tried to recall a few reps, the action and organization would not go unnoticed.
I guess it does not matter because what we have is the group that was always the "checkers" not checking to the level they used to. As you said, they do not even want to focus on keeping their reps feet to the fire.
If that is the road you want to go down, fine, but understand that having a group of DPA's size not unified with the rest of the group could prove disastrous in the upcoming Section 6.