Your question regarding the percentage of card-submitters who will actually vote for the DPA might have been valid in the initial stages of the drive.

However, now that folks have had to resubmit 2-3 cards to keep them active, the boutique, one-off "send ALPA a message" cards have given way to a sizable cadre of motivated folks who believe the DPA gives them the best chance at monetizing our vast leverage at the negotiating table.

That, coupled with ALPA's continuing self-immolation, are likely the reasons Moak recognized the threat to his ALPA fiefdom and ordered DALPA to stand up a committee to quash the DPA. $80,000 of our dues dollars later, the DPA is still here, still viable, and still the best option for our pilot group going forward.