Originally Posted by Carl Spackler

.................If ALPA is to gain the critical mass needed to become the world's pilot labor Goliath, the "wealth" of the Delta pilot (our flying) has to be spread out more equitably. If ALPA were to just come out and say that, what would be your response? You'd want blood and ALPA knows it. Thus the game of language where ALPA appears to continually get "beaten".

This symbiotic relationship is currently working for both ALPA and management, albeit for different goals and outcomes.

Carl