Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Nu had a great suggestion and Alpa can put a stop to all of this. Take it down eat some crow and fix it so that it passes and quickly. Alpa would be the winner for its pilots. DPA never becomes a serious threat or question.
The issues guys are bringing up are glaring and significant but easily fixable.
This is SO true, and I'll go further. Taking this down before a vote would show STRENGTH on DALPA's part, not weakness.
Say you and I are taking off from Maui acl, and we lose tires at V1. I take it in the air and tell you I want to dump fuel and land back in Maui. You say, hey dumb a$$ - I mean Carl - why don't we dump fuel and go to Honolulu. If we land on Maui with these blown tires, we'll FOD the only runway they have here, where Honolulu has multiple runways and we won't close the airport. Which shows more strength by me as a captain:
1. "NO, I said Maui and I meant Maui." or
2. "Man I didn't think of that, you're right. Tell them we want to go to Honolulu."
This situation is NO different.
Carl