What I'm getting at is that the demise of the RJ, even the 50 seater, has been exaggerated ... as was the "crisis" at Pinnacle.

It was an exercise in resetting a few thousand pilots pay, lower, so as to make outsourcing more beneficial.

While touting this as a "win," ALPA again lost:

• ALPA members replaced by non ALPA members
• ALPA membership decreasing
• ALPA dues decreasing
• ALPA exposed to potential DFR by allowing one pilot group to ignore the Admin Manual
• D-ALPA marginalized by not even being in the room while another pilot group did a deal with Delta management.

Tactical withdrawal is a tactic, not a long term strategy.

I am an ALPA fan and supporter. 99.5% of what they (we) do is on track and I am impressed with our results in Washington. However, as an organization I believe ALPA is being mismanaged. Outsourcing is the reason why.