Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
The DPA leadership have shown themselves to be uniquely dishonest and manipulative.
What sticks out is the glaring lack of integrity as they use half truths, manipulation, and outright lies to try to win support. When Carl doesn't have a fact, he just makes something up.
For the lurkers here who may not know, alfaromeo used to be very high up in Delta's MEC administration. When our new MEC was elected recently, they voted out the MEC chairman and alfaromeo...among others. Shortly thereafter, alfaromeo posted this on the Delta L&G thread (bold emphasis mine):
Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
I run a consulting business and here is how a real business works. When they require me to be away from home I charge them for travel time to and from my home. I charge them for the hotel where I stay. I charge them for the airfare. I charge them for the meals. I charge them at least 8 hours a day or what I work. There is nothing that gets done for free. Conference call - charge it. Run a quick analysis at home - charge it. They gladly pay as this is the way business works.
My wife quit her job last year and my total income was up massively from 2011. That's because, even for only half a year, I charged someone every hour I worked. No more freebies. If I flew a trip then Delta paid the bill if I was working for my clients then they paid the bill. It is amazing how much more money you can make when you are not working for free. This year is going to be much better than the last. In 2011 my hours per month were in the bottom 30% of the pilot group, not this year. This April I will work half the number of hours I did last April and my pay will be double.
It is conversations like this that just make me even more happy that I am not doing ALPA work anymore. There is nothing more frustrating than putting in unpaid hour after unpaid hour and then being accused of being a thief by the people you are working for.
So please continue on with the ALPA bashing I know it makes you all very happy. I have work to do for my clients and yes they are getting charged for every minute. That is how real business works. It is so much more lucrative not having to work for free.
Imagine our surprise when we found out what alfaromeo's work was...who his client was. His client was the United MEC. His work was
union work. He was hired at the request of Lee Moak to be a merger committee consultant for the United MEC during their SLI with the Continental pilots.
Knowing what you know now, re-read alfaromeo's post. Then decide for yourself whether he's in a position to say what he said in his top post. In particular, "
uniquely dishonest and manipulative"...and "
glaring lack of integrity as they use half truths, manipulation, and outright lies."
Carl