Originally Posted by
Splash
Those, my friend, are theories. Here are a few more. Some voted no because there was no deadline, so it was impossible to have gotten every penny we wanted from the company. Some voted no because that's all they EVER do. Some voted no because they hate ALPA and wanted to see failure. Some voted no because they are bad at math. Some voted no because rabid no voters misled them.
Those are plausible theories on the NO side. The difference between you and me is, I don't take those theories to extrapolate a result that says those NO voters prove most pilots support ALPA because they were only 38%.
Originally Posted by
Splash
ALPA paid for reps to publish their perspectives, and to work the lounges to support the position they took on the TA at the MEC level. Our reps voted no, and told us why. So when you flame ALPA about "selling" the TA, please tell Tucker and Smetana you never read their stuff.
Again, you purposely distort by trying to equate local communication efforts with an MEC administration sales job that went out to all pilots both live and in print. There is no question DALPA sold that TA with everything they had including blatant scare tactics normally reserved for management's use.
Originally Posted by
Splash
I'm amazed at those who characterize other pilots as extremists without considering using that label on themselves.
Give me an example of when I called you or anyone else an extremist.
Originally Posted by
Splash
Rather than argue about the definition of the word "significant", can we agree that the actual number of valid cards should not be a secret?
The actual number of valid cards is not a secret. It's right around 5,500
active cards with around 200 that have expired. It's on the website.
Carl