Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
As Teddy Roosevelt said, "Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big."
I know you're the king of ignoring the obvious, but the democratic
action taken by many of us to make DPA a reality is not rhetoric...it is action. We only need 2700 more cards to throw ALPA off the property. But you just go ahead and continue to label it as rhetoric. That should work fine.
Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
He also said: "Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official..."
Another example of you considering ALPA family and country. ALPA is a vendor...nothing more. I totally support my country always. A vendor needs to show competence, or they're fired. Period.
Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
We disagree here, but ALPA like our country has the framework to usher the changes desired in, it is the people that make the decisions who, in my opinion DPA and its supporters have an issue with. I say, stop the rhetoric, and work within the system to facilitate that change that a group of DPA's size can make. It they choose not to, then one must just accept the results as they arrive.
Maybe we wouldn't disagree if you actually paid attention to the facts on the ground. ALPA blatantly ignoring the FPL resolution is just the latest example of how there is no facilitation of change among ALPA unless they agree with it. You can't agree with that because you are able to simply close your eyes tight and cover your ears. I can't do that.
Carl