Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Everything I have seen from my friends and coworkers that are for DPA revolves around an issue of people and what decisions they are making in their positions.
Another straw man argument. Any organization IS the people that are in it. The "structure" can't do anything without the people. The structure is what allows people with immoral motives to stay in power after they've made their immoral decisions. The "structure" allows these people to wipe away any attempts at change. THAT'S the issue.
Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Some do tout a conflict at national, but again when in a discussion, it immediately goes to this person or that person's decisions in a given position.
Touting a conflict at national? Seriously? If you can't see the clear conflict of interest at ALPA national, I pretty much can't help you dude. You might want to sit in on a legal ethics course in your local law school. I'd be very surprised if the current structure of ALPA doesn't provide one of the textbook case studies in defining a conflict of interest.
Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
As I have said repeatedly, ALPA does have the framework in place to fix each and every one of its ills.
Nobody denies that. What ALPA
is lacking is anyone willing to use that framework when their own power is threatened. They simply change the rules within that framework to deny the will of our elected reps, ignore resolutions, and remain in power. Thus the people are behaving in a corrupt manner, and the "structure" itself is a failure for not having the checks and balances to prevent this type of outrageous behavior.
Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
What is lacking is the advocacy framework from line pilots rising up and making vast changes at the local then MEC level. Those changes would then be brought forward to National.
You continue to flat out ignore what happened with our FPL resolution in DTW. Do you think I'm the only one that notices how you don't even respond to this when I bring it up? I know you must do that in order to post what you've written above with a straight face, but people DO notice.
Carl