Originally Posted by Sink r8

Carl can't help but overreach. There are plenty of people that cruise these boards to sell a product, and Carl is probably the most prolific.

I think he's found a case of ALPA guys getting caught in a sketchy endeavor, and right after he cleans up the mess in his shorts, he's going to milk this for all it's worth, on two threads. You can't really blame him, he's got no actual message about the product he's trying to sell.

It may actually be that Carl is truly motivated by what's best for the group. I often wonder whether Carl actually believes what he sells, but considering he's one week attacking Roberts on the scourge effort to help DPA, and one week defending him to help friends against the recall effort, there is no way to tell.

Just hang on while he targets you as an apologist. He will move on to the next person that doesn't pray at his self-absorbed altar soon enough. Right now, he seems to have a point about the four in C108 grossly overreaching, and he's able to ride the letter of a rep that actually seems well-intentioned. He's like a dog finally thrown a bone, and he's got to chew. It's not often that he can ride someone else's issue, and look like he actually has a legitimate point.

Seems like we have a couple of guys demonstrating very poor judgment within ALPA, and revealing a paternalistic streak that looks very out of touch. I don't know this Ryan guy, but it seems as though they picked on the wrong person. Three wrongs don't make a right: the ridiculous actions of one faction, or the irrational behavior of the want-to-be's, don't justify heavy-handed actions by the union I support. C108 will decide whether or not to repudiate their actions, but it doesn't look good from afar.