[QUOTE=NERD;1071107]Your last sentence is key. Like the tea party they are angry and have some good talking points. Unlike the tea party they don't have many people willing to stick their necks out. Last time I checked they still had nobody willing to be temporary base reps. Typical pilots. Like to ***** and moan but won't run for office. OUR apathy is our problem, not the name of the union. Look at the former north fas. They have gone from a national union to in house and back to national and whatever they are now. So has FDX. What will make us any different?

They don't have anyone welling to donate money either. That I find very strange. I would think a 1000 dollar donation from each Captain and a 500 dollar donation from each copilot who wants DPA would be minimal. Instead its like 11 bucks per pilot.