DALPA has not 'prepared' the pilot group for any kind of a fight. That takes years, and they aren't going to do it this time around. Absent that, what real choice do we have here? I don't like the T/A for all the reasons mentioned. The -only- thing I like about it, it's quick. A 4% raise in two weeks, vs. waiting 2 years for...?

This is not my first Section 6, in fact, I think it's my 4th. They have always taken 2-3 years. BUT they have also always, every single one, been a trade of concessions in some areas, for what ever gains were achieved in others. Even in C2K we gave up stuff. I have never voted Yes for any of the contracts we got to vote on, starting with POS 96. I find it ironic that I may vote yes for this pos.

I have always supported DALPA, I've volunteerd to help out as a P2P type then, and now. Again, I dont' like this TA at all, it does almost nothing for my demographic (senior Wide Body Capt., with no DB retirement money) but I see little 'choice' given the fact that our (lack of) leadership has not prepared the pilot group to fight for anything more. There's been no Family Awareness, no Strike Prep. work, No media coverage, hell, they won't even mention the word "Restoration". Their battle cry is, "Look at American..."

Well I've been looking at American since they started the B scale in 1984! They aren't even a ALPA carrier, so WHY did ALPA follow them with B Scales at every ALPA carrier?? Why did ALPA allow RJ's to fly mainline routes? Why didn't ALPA call for an SOS when Frank Lorenzo was taking apart Eastern? Or after 9-11, when UAL and US Air lost their pensions? ALPA National has become a political organization that will not ever 'rock the boat' in DC.

Whether that's because they have been told by Congressmen and Senators, "Hey, shut up, or we'll change the Cabotage rules and you guys will be toast..." or because they have been living in DC so long, and looking to move up the ladder, into Gubmint, or into one of those lucrative Consulting jobs on K street (like Duh Wayne Worthless, or like Randy Babbit) they have not shown a will to fight since deregulation, in 1978.

So, given the total lack of leadership and preparation, and total capitulation to management, by both National, and our MEC, I see little choice here other than voting yes, and then...wait for it...

"We'll get'm Next Time!"

Yeah, sure we will.