Originally Posted by
orvil
I hosted Family Awareness meetings in DFW back in 1996. I served beer, good beer, wine and snacks.
You would have thought I was devil himself.
Spirituous drink, you will roast in hell!
You should have seen the looks I got. Half the people on my list that I invited declined because they had to go to bible study.
Family Awareness only goes so far. I'll go to Timbo's meeting. There is no reason why union activity can't be fun, too.
My point to this story is the DFW base was a little weird.
I was doing some P2P work up in BOS during the run up to POS 96. I spent many days in the pilot lounge telling guys what a POS it was, and to vote NO!
When it was over, and it passed, I was LIVID! I voted NO, as did many others, but it did pass. I called the MEC office to scream at somebody, and the then DFW F/O rep (initials JM, I'm sure you know who) answered the phone, so I let him have it, "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING VOTING YES TO THIS POS??!!"
He told me he personally voted no, in the membership vote, but as a DFW LEC Rep he had to vote Yes, because he was getting 20 phone calls a day from DFW pilots begging him to vote yes!
He said they were saying, "I just bought a house, I can't afford a strike, please vote YES!" etc.
When I said, "What is the matter with these idiots? Didn't they see this coming and get prepared, financially?"
He said, "What did you think that rocking chair was for?"
True then, still true today. That's why DPA won't have any better success than DALPA, it's not about the leadership, it's about the followership!
Got to go to Bible Study now!
Oh wait, no I don't!
