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alfa,
I'll concede that there was no official directive, resolution, marching order, what have you, for any ALPA official to hack DPA's website.
However, your carefully worded missive does not unequivocally deny that any high level ALPA operative was involved, i.e. that Mr. Private Writings was not an elected or appointed "volunteer. "
I'll ask again alfa, and I have no doubt that you know the REAL answer to this question, seeing how these are your buds...
"Are you saying that Mr. Private Writings does not now hold, or hold at the time of the "hacking," any ALPA office, whether appointed or elected? Or that Mr. Private Writings was not an "ALPA Volunteer" in any capacity at the time his "thoughts of a personal nature" were "intermingling" with DPA's website?"
I don't know what the truth is, but I bet you do. Does Mr. Private Writings hold any official position within ALPA, whether elected or appointed? And was he/she receiving any FPL at or about the time the hacking incident took place last fall?
Well, if you remember, when this was going on I was dealing with a serious family issue and therefore I know very little about it and care even less. I saw the data dump from their DNS tables and was asked for my opinion and I gave it to the person who asked.
I read the transcripts and filings as they become available but I have no idea of Mr. Private Writings and I really don't even know what "Mr. Private Writings" means. I assume you mean the pilot who allegedly hacked the website. I don't want to know ever who this is because I don't want to have anything to do with this sham case.
All I know is that if DPA had a shred of evidence that this person was directed by ALPA in any fashion to do this alleged "hacking" (which I don't believe occurred and I believe that DPA f-ed up their DNS entries and then tried to cover their incompetence) they would have sued ALPA because ALPA has more money than a single pilot does. Therefore, all your insinuations are pure BS because there is no evidence that ALPA was involved in any way. I only know that because DPA is not suing them.
But, hey, let's all jump on the crazy train and assume that DPA is correct. Let's say some Delta pilot hacked their website and posted nasty notes for a couple of days. How is my supposed future union going to act? Are they going to take his house away from him? Get him fired? Please let me know what our new "union", supposedly dedicated to Delta pilots, is going to do to him. Everyone involved in DPA should ask themselves some hard questions. What if in the future you decided you don't like DPA? Are they going to sue you and take your house because you criticized them or mocked them? Seriously, a union is supposed to protect pilots not drag them through the courts. This is simply disgusting behavior.
I will say it again. Every single time DPA puts out some missive about this case, it includes a "SERIOUS and URGENT" call for more funds. Coincidence? Let's all read the transcripts when they come out and find out exactly how badly DPA got spanked in court the other day. They "won" nothing. They were forced to conceal the identity of the pilot that ALPA knew about (and I don't) because ALPA tries to protect pilots and DPA tries to persecute them. It's pretty simple. Why should any pilot be stupid enough to give money to attack a fellow Delta pilot in court? Who are they going to go after next? Explain that please.