Originally Posted by
tsquare
And yours is a standard donut retort to the question.. well... how many ARE active? You make the inactive cards sound like military reserves. That right there is funny stuff. Don't you think that there is a fair number of them that just signed with the intent of sending DALPA a message and have no intent of voting DALPA out? I certainly do. I know a few that have done just that. I even thought about it myself until I discovered just how shady they are.. and decided I wanted no part of them. Your personal "warning" means bupkus. However, you may be right that the donuts will grow if there is a weak TA.. but then again.. maybe not. It depends on what they can deliver. So like you, I will stop with this talk on this thread.. you can have the last word.
Over 4000 pilots have indicated that they wish for a vote. Some, like your friends, could have just done it to pressure ALPA. Many did it because they don't like them at all. This isn't 40 we're talking about, it's 4000 or more. More will join or re-activate if they see a weak TA, and at least 6500 told ALPA what they wanted. I doubt many said "I want a 5% raise...." You may think so, but ALPA knows what they want, without knowing if they are donuts or not. That is the point, and you can hope the "hanging chads" or not "active" cards can derail the donuts, but the fact is there is discontent out there, and it will grow if ALPA doesn't go for a homerun here. Every profitable quarter and every article about the profitability of this airline makes the job a little bit harder for DALPA, and they just have to produce. They have to actually NEGOTIATE. That should be good for all of us. I too will stop this donut talk now, but my bupkus warning very well may come to fruition. I hope it doesn't and we are all satisfied with the eventual TA. Donut talk is over.