Forgot:

Thanks for finding a source. Ken Cooksey was my MEC Chairman and Dan Ford was a Safety guy. They were both true, blue, unionists. Their preference was that ALPA push for mergers to restore Delta flying to Delta. If Delta would not do Delta flying, then they thought the Delta MEC should keep its hands off the flying they did not want to perform and that they (ASA & Comair) should be able to get their own scope which bound Delta.

Scope of course is the first part of securing higher pay. Higher pay at the regionals should have reduced management's incentive to outsource.

That is why there really a commonality of interest between mainline and regional. To build our house we need them to hold up their end of the foundation. To do so, they need scope.

The real battle was with the "outsourcing is good" contingent. Their model is predicated on the lowest cost feed (a phrase heard again yesterday coming from a Delta MEC member). In order to justify their divisions within our union lawyers serving their interest came up with the logic that indirectly screwed the TWA guys merger and which screws our attempts to restrain outsourcing today.

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To any DPA supporter, or leader:

Tell us what you are for. What is your vision for Section 1 and why?

Rather than hearing what you are against, I'd like your thoughts on what you are for!