Guys,

Lets all take a deep breath and think about this. The DALPA guys say wait for the survey results..... so lets wait for the survey results. It seems pretty obvious to me - either DALPA fights the good fight or they are history - period.

I am not saying they will, or can deliver a certain result. But if it appears that they cave, or try to foist some POS on the Pilot group the days of ALPA representing the Delta Pilot group are numbered. The DPA already has thousands interested and many waiting out the results of this next contract. Make no mistake the DALPA know this too. And so does Delta. A side benefit of the whole DPA drive may be that the company is willing to be a little more flexible than they would otherwise be.

We have all seen the lengths the company will go to in order to keep a FA union off the property. Surely in the back of managements minds is the DPA scenario. I am not saying they will give in to us to keep DPA off property but they know that all eyes are on DALPA - a group that they are very comfortable with. Too comfortable for many.

Scoop