If the TA is weak it ought to be voted down. Whether we get another agent or not depends on whether the other agent can guarantee, with some sense of assurance (I don't just want lip service) that they have the ability to do better.

I want the best representation possible for Delta pilots, but I'm not blindly going to follow someone who makes promises, but hasn't demonstrate an ability to deliver. That's where I get stuck on DPA, I hear a lot of rhetoric, but I haven't seen anything real. They have a committee structure, but we don't know who these folks are and whether they have the background or ability to deliver. To me they are just names on a board.

Why doesn't DPA open a town hall forum where we can all interview their committee structure, a forum where any Delta pilot can question them, not just guys who have already sent in a card. If you have an employee number, you can log on without being put on an e-mail list for future sales pitches. If they want my card they'll have to earn it, not by attacking ALPA, but by proving that they have a better product that can produce better results. To date I haven't seen that.