Originally Posted by
newKnow
Some of you guys are starting to appear to be so pro DPA that you are also becoming anti Delta pilot. Maybe I'm wrong, but I get the feeling that some of you are rooting for DALPA to totally screw things up even more just so you can say, "See, I was right."
I get the fact that you are ticked off at DALPA. Most pilots around here have some serious gripes with them. But, let the record show for me that even though I think DALPA has dropped the ball on many issues, it's contract time. Meaning, it's time to get paid. Like paid what we should have been getting paid 5-7 years ago.
Right now, DALPA is up to bat, and if they strike out by bringing home a crappy TA, then it's time for them to go. But, until then, because I'm wearing the same uniform as them, I sincerely hope they hit a home run.
Let's not root to have our noses cut off, so in 18 months we can spite Sailing, Slow, Alpha, or Ts. That's just dumb, and personally I feel I've been underpaid long enough.
I hope I'm wrong and hope everyone feels the same.....
New,
I was thinking along the same lines - and then I came across this.
ALPA National was pushing for a 750 hour minimum for the new part 121 rules.. I was thinking - great this is a big improvement from the current 250 hour minimum.
Then I find the government is recommending 1000 hours! ***! ALPA was pushing for less hours then the government is recommending.
To me this like getting a 20% raise and finding out that ALPA was pushing for 15%. How could ALPA possibly be pushing for less than the recommended flight hour number???
Oh thats right ALPA represents more regional pilots then Delta Pilots. But even that does not make sense - you would think the current regional pilots would have the most to gain from raising the requirements into the field.
I know we are entering section 6 and should probably stick with ALPA for now - but this blows me away. ALPA says "The new limits are coming one way or another - so we can huff and puff on the sides or get engaged and affect the outcome. What a joke - the outcome is better than what ALPA was pushing. In other words, lucky for us ALPA does not have near the clout they think they have.
Scoop