Originally Posted by
forgot to bid
you make a lot of great points, but I wonder how much does a distrust of ALPA factor into the DPA drive? I don't think I have a single friend who signed a DPA card that uttered "I got screwed" or "the contract didn't go the way I thought it should" or "I didn't lIke the SLI " or "I expected to be in the tophalf of the ER list by now and since I'm not i blame ALPA". Pilots are smarter than that. They (my friends, all RJ guys btw) all did it because they don't trust ALPA to be out for anyone but ALPA.
I signed up after the RAH debacle.
Unfortunately I have flown with guys that "got f'ed" in the merger. That was their PRIMARY reason for submitting a card.