Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Good, excellent even, post. But, what happens next? If ALPA gets what you consider a "lame TA" and gets booted, what then?
We members vote it down. Then, my prediction is that DPA cards will flood in and a majority in writing will exist. The DALPA MEC and negotiators will threaten to resign and say we'll have to start over from the beginning, but they'll be bluffing. Members will keep DALPA in to finish the job on a second TA. Once we have a contract, DALPA will be voted out by a huge majority.
Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Just curious, how would the DPA would achieve a better result?
Once openers are exchanged this April, DPA won't be involved in it. The opener will be weak, but DALPA won't let us see it. We will never do better than the opener regardless of whether we change unions. With this section 6, DPA won't be able to fix it if they're not the ones who exchanged openers. DPA will only be able to affect the NEXT contract.
Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
If the DPA could do it, why wouldn't ALPA do the same thing to ensure their own survival?
The DPA can't do it this time because they won't be in the seat. DALPA could do it, but they are aligned with national's strategy of raising the profession from the bottom up. And ensuring ALPA uses all its power to ensure unions don't produce self-interested contracts, rather contracts that are good for the profession as a whole...as defined by ALPA.
Carl