There is no doubt that I am a greasy line schlub who demands accountability, transparency, and performance from "my" "union." That is my agenda.
Guess what? Your union has plenty of accountability from thousands of your fellow pilots. What they won't waste heartbeats on is a perpetual middle-school (if that) mentality that equates snotty-nosed tantrums with an agenda of "demanding accountability."
Why are you and Alan Shore (and shiznit, herkflyr, sailingfun, et al) so clearly opposed to disclosing your (insultingly obvious) agendas?
I have no "agenda" than the best interests of the Delta pilots, no matter what the means to that end. I am willing to take it to a strike without hesitation if that is what C2015 leads to--I despise SCABS and anyone like them. But the bottom line is that there have been many, many improvements to our contract the past few years, all one modest step at a time. Added and compounded together, and our contract is a much better entity than it was a few years ago. I know that you and your fellow whiners don't want to acknowledge that, because that interferes with your self-delusional narrative that we are all two inches away from an ass-reaming from a sharpened bamboo stake.
Do you want less money and time off than we rate? Or are you a management type who makes good money no matter what contract we negotiate?
I've met a couple or three koolaid drinkers who actually claimed we were overpaid, etc (yikes) but they are less than five in 17 years. We all want more money, more time off, more flexibility, etc.
We want what you want. We may disagree with the tactics, but that doesn't mean we disagree on the end result. I'm not sure why you ever think otherwise.