Originally Posted by EdGrimley

At this point Moak is an anchor weighing down the piloting profession. Him and his disciples are preventing pilots from getting back to where they should be after the damage done leading up to and during bankruptcy. His mind is that of a Delta Air Lines manager, not a leader of pilot labor. This skews his desire and willingness to fight for things outside of what management jointly wants.

While I applaud his leadership in fending off players like Norwegian (every article from him in ALPA magazine), the scope of union boss should also encompass compensation (not as a low reset), unfavorable JV's and RJ outsourcing, items Moak omits with regularity.

"Moak contends that ALPA pilots at the larger carriers enjoy what he calls “mature, good contracts” already. Radical overhauls aren’t in the cards, he says."

"Airlines have been mum on what they’ll seek in the contract talks, despite some analyst queries on quarterly earnings calls. “We have a productive and proactive relationship with our pilots and ALPA, focused on winning in the marketplace and addressing our business challenges and opportunities together,” Delta spokeswoman Kate Modolo said in an e-mail."

Airline Profits Will Drive 2015 Pilot Contract Talks - Businessweek