Carl;
I still stand by the point that it is better to have the regionals under our national umbrella then on their own. Those reasons have not changed. If you would like a change in structure at the national level, advocate for it, but it is better to control their representational cash flow then to have them think there is nothing to lose questions are bargaining exclusivity.

As for you section 6 point, it is just another reason as to why this is a not a good idea. We started talking about DPA well over a year ago, and at the time DPA and its leaders were touting a May 2011 vote. Well we are six months past that mark and the vote count is still about 2700 votes a way. The time between now and the first openers is a few months away. If we want leverage and the maximum amount of value to be derived out of this negotiation, promoting an alternate bargaining agent is not the best course of action. There are multiple reasons as to why DPA is not a good idea. Promoting it this close to section 6 just speaks to more pilots because it translates in to cash in their pockets.

Yes, I want ALPA to survive, and I want our pilots to fix what they advocate as its failings. There are a great many things that ALPA and DALPA do well, and I would hate to see those squandered because people are not willing to put in the hard work of unifying pilots under a common cause within the system, but instead tout an alternate system as the solution to all of the woes of the piloting profession. USAPA did that and it does not seem to have been the answer to their problems.