Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
If the DPA thinks it can recover our flying, they need to think through the next several moves of the Chess game and realize that they'll be playing defense too, not just offense.
DPA has indeed thought hard about the next several moves on the chessboard. Now let's contrast that with our current Scope language. Written by the best and the brightest lawyers that ALPA could find. Yet just a few short years later, that language is so weak that ALPA says they cannot defend it. As a junior pilot, why you would want to stay with such an incompetent vendor is just beyond me.
Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
As I watch our numbers, I am not pleased with Delta's stagnation as our competitors (and our so called friends within SkyTeam) grow. I am sure the Delta MEC is fighting for us. When I think of the DPA replacing ALPA, I have to resolve the question, "can the DPA protect my job more effectively?" Thus far, the answer is no.
THAT is the question that each of us must answer in the quiet moments of our own logical minds. I just wish ALPA was leaving it at that. Instead they've embarked on the Saul Alinsky approach to the DPA (attempt to isolate, denigrate, then destroy). And again, it might be fun to watch if ALPA actually used some of these tough techniques against management, but it's only used against ALPA members who don't tow the ALPA line. With management, it's only sitting nicely on their laps and wagging their tails when prompted.
Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
On the scope front, we're in a fight for our lives. I've got to pick the experienced team which provides the best, structural, chance of success.
And again, how you could be for the team that wrote our current nearly worthless Scope language is shocking.
Carl