Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
Totally agree with you. But just like Al Sharpton and Jessee Jackson's fostering of racial divisions for their own personal gain, some within DALPA use this same tactic. They foster a North/South divide that simply isn't there. Why do they do it? For the cynical reason of trying to hold a solid majority of South pilots. If they can make South pilots believe North pilots are only interested in control, then they cynically hope South pilots will ignore the actual issue of the day, and simply vote against those control freaks from the North.
Too bad the N/S stuff keeps getting brought up...by former N guys. An example in this thread:
Originally Posted by
Fly4hire
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"
Nice misdirect, Groundskeeper.
If C1 and C20 hadn't invited MD to the party, the election would have been between 2 former N candidates. Funny how things work out...