Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
DPA isn't silent about it. It's on the website's FAQ's. DPA will have a "clean slate" policy regarding scabs. Unfortunately, there's nothing to be done legally about them now. DPA would not have a legal leg to stand on if they tried to block scabs from being members...once ALPA has allowed them to be members at Delta.
Carl
Originally Posted by
Hillbilly
What makes you think that ALPA has allowed this EAL scab who wrote a DPA testimonial to be a member? He wasn't on the CAL seniority list when they rejoined ALPA. Those were the only ones who got a clean slate (which I find repugnant). It had no effect, to my knowledge, on the membership opportunities for scabs at other properties at the time like United, NWA, Delta, etc. Am I wrong on that? My friends at United said their scabs remained non-members after CAL came back to ALPA.
Originally Posted by
Hillbilly
I still can't believe DPA sent out a testimonial authored by a former EAL scab.
Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
Yet no outrage from you over ALPA welcoming back all Continental and United scabs. More selective and highly partisan outrage.
Carl
How could you possibly know whether or not I was 'outraged' about an event from over 12 years ago? You jumped directly to a conclusion and it was not accurate. I was upset about the reprieve that the CAL scabs got as a result of the ALPA merger with the IACP. I stated previously in this thread that I found it to be repugnant. I have been unable to find any evidence that the UAL (or any other carrier for that matter) scabs got a clean slate from that deal. I have only found information indicating that it was a membership exception that applied only to the new members merging into ALPA from the IACP. Maybe I have missed something and if I have, I hope you can show me the information that demonstrates I am wrong.
All of that is pure deflection from the fact that the DPA has stated that they intend to allow known scabs a clean slate within their organization and have gone so far as to disseminate a testimonial for the organization written by an EAL scab who is not a member of ALPA. Whether it has happened previously in history or not, why would this be considered a good idea for a new union? It doesn't make sense to me.