Originally Posted by
Bill Lumberg
Sending in a DPA card sends shivers down Dalpa's collective spine, primarily because that $38 million in yearly dues sure can buy a lot of rooms at Ritz Carltons around the country, and it can fund a lot of programs for Regional Airlines that they cannot afford themselves. It might make them think twice, and maybe represent us to the BEST of their abilities.
No actually those guys see DPA as a way to divide the group, and blame when the contract does not meet expectations. What really scares them is thinking of those guys uniting and basically taking over the MEC and Admin. Very doable, but the DPA pilots would have to unite to do it.