Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
DALPA showing the pilot group what they proposed in the opener HAS to happen though.
Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
ALPA is against management negotiating in public. ALPA discourages management trying to flank ALPA's negotiators. Making our opener public would be inviting a response.
Clamp is absolutely right Bar. You're advocating something that's a complete reversal of past practice. No section 6 that I'm aware of followed your suggested pattern of radio silence until the TA is released. That's a recipe for the powder keg exploding. I still can't believe DALPA is going down this road.
Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Further, can't you see the headlines now "Delta pilots greed threatens to bankrupt Delta again" ... "Despite bankruptcy at American, Delta's pilots demand wages that are 50% higher" and blah blah blah.
Those are always the headlines...ALWAYS. You have to get used to that. Well maybe not, because DALPA is taking the tack of radio silence.
Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
It just isn't a good idea. Folks lock in on "supposals" and tend to misunderstand the process of negotiation. We don't need 12,000 guys negotiating our contract. We need 12,000 pilots with steadfast resolve saying ... "ALPA speaks for us."
This is completely misguided and naive. But it doesn't matter, because DALPA agrees with you. Doesn't matter what the members want.
Carl