Originally Posted by
tsquare
I'm curious. Why do you think that DALPA "takes you for granted"? I don't think that is the case.. well not anymore anyway. Yes, I am giving credit to the donuts for the wakeup call. DALPA has realized that they need to do a better job of communication.. but I think saying that you are being taken for granted is a bit of a stretch. JMHO
THe first part of your post seemed to me to be a bit of Obomaesque pie in the sky hopey changey rhetoric. Unfortunately.. or fortunately depending on your POV, the donut shop has to do nothing at this point other than make promises. Whether or not they actually have the means to deliver ANYTHING is unknown. The un-fortunate thing is that they will have to kill the king of the hill in order to get their shot, and I am not so sure that the risk is worth it.. definitely not now.. but even in the future.
Either way, there was a post earlier in the thread or maybe the other one.. that asked the DPA to stand down in a show of unity and resurrect their campaign after the contract. I think that would be the prudent thing to do, but I am afraid that there are other agendas at play there... you be your own judge, but I have seen enough from them to make my own decision.
I said "
if I'm taken for granted..."
As for their standing down, I respect the ingenuity of using that card to try and quiet the efforts being made on behalf of the concerned, but I don't buy it. DALPA knows they have the full support of getting everything they can for its pilots, and their efforts should not be affected by possible suspicions or made up "rumor" that they don't have a unified force. Have you spoken to a rep who has voiced this as a concern? In what way does DPA affect their desire to not achieve the best possible outcome? If anything, the opposite would seem to be true: get the best contract you can for your pilots because if there's widespread dissatisfaction then DPA becomes even more viable. If the concern is unity then DALPA could have allowed DPA a vote without the requirement for signing up 51% of pilots as a gesture toward showing its desire to be a unified pilot group, no matter the representation. No, such a suggestion is not the true reason for asking DPA to stand down for a year.