Originally Posted by Purple Drank

I find it interesting that, when confronted with complaints about the bloated bureaucracy at national, the DALPA guys insist that they are all but independent, that the only impact national has on the Delta pilot group is to provide medical and legal services.

Then the Moak snaps his fingers, gives an order, and DALPA mashes the panic button--spending $66,000 of our dues money in an attempt to squash the DPA.

So...which is it? Are we all but independent from national? Or is the MEC just a puppet of the national regime? I think we all know the real answer to that.

At least my trash hauler got a snazzy ALPA lanyard out of the deal.