Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
The way our union is structured and the legal environment it exists in make it very difficult for the union to avoid being exposed when a member purposely throws himself or another member under the bus with the intent of triggering a DFR claim. It is against ALPA's very inclusive nature to expel a member, but if the member is trying to kill the union and all attempts at reconciliation fail, then what would you suggest?
Fascinating. Now you admit to the goofiness of trying to go after all 5,000 DPA members, but you're still interested in going after the leader. You advocate ALPA going after one guy, yet you decry DPA for going after one guy. As I've always said with you Bar, your outrage is selective and highly partisan.
The member is not trying to "kill" ALPA. The member is using the democratic process to see if Delta pilots can be given an opportunity to vote in a new union. If you think that action will "kill" ALPA, that says more about ALPA than anything else.
Also, ALPA has done nothing to reconcile. ALPA has done nothing but insult and demean. DALPA has funded a "special committee" devoted to destroy the DPA and has called all involved liars. Hardly an attempt at reconciliation Bar. This is why I think Tim is pushing this. You and the Special Committee have called Tim a liar and said he likely hacked his own website due to his incompetence. Evidence is starting to look uncomfortable for ALPA, yet Tim is only demanding that DALPA apologize. DALPA refuses and doubles down on the "liar" tactic with this latest "True Headings".
If I was ALPA's counsel, I would issue an apology and have the hacker issue an apology. It is my belief that would have ended this a long time ago, and would probably still end it today. But being an ALPA insider means never having to say you're sorry. It's still not too late, but my bet is that ALPA will just continue to dig in their heels.
Carl