Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Lots of great things in your post. You however left out the most important part. How do you play hardball. Let me hear your suggestions as to what DALPA should do to play hardball. I don't mean the opener. DALPA can open for anything they want. What I mean is how do you produce a outcome within the bounds of the RLA and NMB. That is the key to everything yet never seems to be discussed here.
Very simple. You tell the company that the "special symbiotic" relationship ALPA has had in the past 6 years with management could be broken and the DPA could take over. Management loves DALPA, after each birthday party attended they seem to get some sort of secret deal done. Take away that beneficial friendship for the company, and it could cost them down the line with the more "hard nosed" DPA group that could come in. Pay now, get more later from DALPA, like it's been for the past few years.