Originally Posted by Carl Spackler

Interesting guess on your part, but the truth is that we'll NEVER know. The meetings will not be recorded or transcripted, and we Delta pilots will NEVER know what was said in those meetings that dealt with OUR opener regarding Scope.




Totally incorrect. The policy manual changes are the result of a lawsuit. That lawsuit claimed ALPA was hurting regional scope by protecting mainline scope. The meet/confer language is there to protect EVERYONE'S Scope...which is of course impossible...which is of course the textbook definition of a conflict of interest.



Since the Ford-Cooksey settlement, this is going to be the first instance that I'm aware of. But since the meetings and Moak's actions will NOT be recoreded in any way, we'll never know what went on and to what extent the ALPA president and our regional competitors influenced our Scope opener.

As I mentioned earlier to acl, we do have one powerful tool remaining. And that is to vote NO on the TA if it doesn't reign in Scope. It will be tough because ALPA will pull out all the stops with scare tactics like you've never believed possible, but it's the one tool that scares them the most. Especially with another union waiting in the wings.

Carl