Originally Posted by
Fly4hire
They didn't need to peel any votes from JVS - AA had it. MD was supposedly not interested in running until he was convinced to when the recall cabal saw they might lose. Wonder who convinced him to run?
MD will do a good, possibly great job as long as he governs from the middle and doesn't take his cues from the entrenched bureaucracy that staged the KR recall. If he does he stands a good chance at killing the DPA in the process.
The DALPA mission statement needs to truly embrace "enhance the careers, pay and benefits of DAL pilots" while dropping the secret part of "don't ever, ever, EVER let the former NWA pilots take over"
Or:
The threat of AA as chair moved the rest of the room (MD vote) to a candidate that many of the minority liked, and many of those that voted for him were reluctant supporters. The result is a chair that the MEC will get behind; strategy.
He has every opportunity to do a great job. If he is true to himself, he will be a leader than many will remember years from now fondly. Possibly the leader that put an end to the DPA, and this NvS BS. The vote was Nothing about NvS and frankly its old. (There are those on both sides that like to go to that, but many see all of us as Delta pilots, no premerger anything) Mike may put all of that to bed. He has a year until the next regular election, and a lot of work to do. If his resume and results are any proof, I suspect he is up to the task and will excel at it.