Originally Posted by
OccupyRestSeat
Of course I see some positive things in DALPA. I think there are a ton of hard-working volunteers on various committees who are doing great stuff to help you and I. I am very grateful for their service. Guys will do the same, whether ALPA or DPA is our agent.
My issue is with the compensated DALPA folks who get a free trip to Herndon, get wined and dined (on our dime), baptized into the system. Do you know what those guys are briefed on, what they're promised (and what they promise in return) and how much they stand to lose if they get bounced? That's in addition to the "special" relationship they have with the company.
You are upset about relationships and expense accounts? Really? BFD. Free trips to Herndon Virginia.. woooo.. ranks right up there with Nice or Rome... But to answer your question, no I have no idea what they are briefed on because I have have not been asked to sign a NSD. I am sure they have and I do not expect nor do I want them to blab everything they are told in those meetings. You are assuming something nefarious going on, and that assumption is all conjecture, but what is dangerous is that you have such a strong belief that there is a fire in the theatre that it clouds any thoughts that there might actually be something good going on with these people. As I said before, I am no ALPA cheerleader, and I DO think that national is a bloated bureaucracy, but all I have seen from the alternate is promises of transparency that have yet to materialize.