Oh come on johnso, you're still my buddy-- I'm just talking about one small item in the contract that has been of conversational interest the last few days, sick call policing. I was having you on about your perceived cheerleading for this single issue is all... Well, OK, I did have a BUNCH of caffeine and poke a Lumberg joke at you too

I actually didn't say Delta was sooo mean nor do I even think it really, and I don't think I've ever written anything specifically bad against DALPA--I've pointed negatives in the TA that I think are worse than folks realized. I complained about the budgetary whiplash that the POM system had on our squadron finances too, but no one ever mis-thought I therefore hated the USAF or our country and should quit! I assume that discussing two or three negatives out of several thousand possible topics is automatically calculated to a 0.05 dissatisfaction quotient, but you're obviously not reading my inputs with the same assumptions. I'm 99% pro-Delta and STILL feel OK with discussing the few things that negatively impact my career.

I don't actually have any agenda here, just occasional conversational interests and an urge to type.

In fact, my underlying feeling is that, having been an Ops Officer tasked with enforcement before, I would probably do EXACTLY the same thing as the CPOs and Delta--I've not seen a single case where the CPO made a poor choice IMO after calling to verify. I'm very pleased with their execution of their orders on this, and would have to agree with folks who previously pointed out there was a sanity-check by a human in the process that would likely work. But that's not what I talked about at all--I only mentioned the impact of the rule existing as it does. I guess you could liken my philosophy on this to an ACLU guy who doesn't like a law congress passed and thinks it may be exploited and is dangerous, but is happy with the police enforcement at present. Just because he works to have the law recognized as poor and needing change doesn't mean he hates the police and firemen hey?

I'll go on record for you here also as saying I'm universally impressed with all interactions I've personally had with DALPA and reps, and have huge respect for anyone who takes the giant effort of volunteering or running for rep. God bless them I say. I'm not sure about upper level union workings so I don't comment on them and just read. I do think the TA was overly sold and that a better representational result would have been a less biased presentation of info good and bad. In similar vein, I'm impressed with the volunteers who mod and make this place happen too, thx!

And leaping to the conclusion I'm bitter and angry...lol this typing is happening while I wait for cupcakes I'm making with my daughter to finish, then we're going swimming. It's a GREAT life, and a great job, and I'm about as pleased with it all as possible, wouldn't change a thing.

Now what in there makes you think I dislike all things DALPA and Delta? It's just a sick call discussion, and I was on a rhetorical roll and enjoying my prose, baby! Ok, I'll stop joshing you with the Lumberg jokes. Lighten up Francis!