Originally Posted by
LeineLodge
Do a quick scan of the Hangar Talk section on the ALPA forum for some perspective on Captain Fielding's writing (ranting.)
He is the best example of DPA's belief that if we demand it loud enough, it will be true. Nearly every post of his is filled with ANGRY CAPS and lots of exclamation points!!!!!!!
The very fact that his name is attached to the DPA, publicly now, should give everyone pause. His deliberate mis-representation of our Duty Period Average (a different kind of DPA) was not a mistake. Jerry knows very well that our DPA is 5:15 for lineholders (not 5.) At that rate, it takes 15.24 days (not 20) to reach 80 hours, assuming you can't hold avg credit higher than that. He is spinning, promising, and saying anything he can think of to get guys to fill that card out.
What does it say about you since we know that it's you that is misrepresenting Duty Period Average? Jerry is correct and you are wrong. Bid packages are full of trips that highlight the exceptions to the 5:15 Duty Period Average. Should we caution everyone as to what it says about ALPA that somebody like you is "attached" to ALPA?
Originally Posted by
LeineLodge
I'll make it even clearer actually (and I'll do it in Jerry Fielding's real writing style) - HE IS LYING!!!!!!!!!!!!
He's not lying, he's stating the absolute truth because there are exceptions to the 5:15 DPA. And those exceptions comprise a ton of trips domestically. You should apologize for accusing somebody of lying when you got your facts so completely wrong.
Originally Posted by
LeineLodge
He is right about one thing. This is a business decision. The decision should be based on results in the real world, not a feel-good, empty promise to make all our dreams come true. We will keep trending towards his "goals" but we won't get there with the DPA.
Show me one single place where DPA ever said anything close to "making all your dreams come true." They've never said it. What you've done (yet again) is make a claim that only you are making, then slander other people for making the claim that only you've made. What does it say about the fact that a person like you is attached to ALPA?
Originally Posted by
LeineLodge
Now that TC has teamed up officially with Jerry, I will never consider renewing my card. That dream team has disaster written all over it.
You've never sent in a card to renew. You've never done anything but vehemently defend all things ALPA.
Carl