Originally Posted by
Bob Wiley
A little bit of money spent on flight pay loss to prevent the irreparable damage of a DPA is money well spent in my book! My father spent many years working for DALPA and ALPA national. He is good friends with Lee Moak, who is an outstanding guy. Has my father ever received FPL during his time working for the union? Yes. I can tell you this though. The difference he made during that time away from flying was worth its weight in gold to not only Delta pilots but all pilots flying in the U.S. and beyond.
It is/was nice having my dad home more than when he was flying the line but I can tell you this, not a day ever went by that he wasn't working or thinking of how to improve the conditions of the average Delta pilot. Make snarky little comments all you want, but FPL has a purpose and that purpose is to further the goals of pilots. End of story.
That was 66,000 dollars spent on kool-aid pamphlets that were fedex'd to me (gave it to my USair friend to tick off the USAPA guys instead- far more useful purpose), a lanyard, and an ALPA pin that I already have.
FPL has a purpose, but that was freaking ridiculous. RP in one bout of immature behavior toward DT (with numerous witnesses) undid all of the "good will" that he was paid to try to create. ALPAoids playing political idiocy have done far more to promote the DPA than any other thing.
That was a complete waste of our dues money with nothing to show for it except the DPA card count grew even more thanks once again to our union's own antics.