Originally Posted by
ATCsaidDoWhat
If you had been around long enough to know who Dan Akin is, you'd know he's a former ALPA Economic Analyst and one of the most "pro pilot" economists out there. He's helped a heck of a lot of groups win big gains by deconstructing airline balance sheets and proving where the money is and what pilots should get. For him to shake his head says something.
For you not to figure out who he is, how much he loathes people like Bedford before you posted your comment speaks volumes to your lack of knowledge.
Yup, know who he is. Also know who Rick Dubinski is. Big shot ALPA guy who got the United Pilots a big contract in early 2000 and negotiated the Republic contract that the pilots overwhelmingly voted down.
Am I not allowed to disagree with assessments by Akin and/or Dubinski because they are/were "pro pilot" or were associated with ALPA?
And how can an economist, consultant, and highly educated individual like Akin, supposedly watching what is going on in the industry, be "confounded" by what the Republic pilots did? Really? Methinks that perhaps he works for an entity seeking consulting work from the RAA and/or its members. I doubt he was at the mike during that conference telling Bedford and his ilk "how it is." Further, he isn't doing the Republic pilots any favors by placing a quote in a pro-management publication like ATW and implying that just because the contract had large raises in it that they should have been voted in.