Originally Posted by
eruption
It wasn't enough to basically shutdown the DALPA Forum...Now the same group of DALPA sympathizers is gunning to shut down this thread or at least get rid of any dissention through bans....
You know with contract negotiations just around the corner.
I rarely post but the extremes the ALPA insiders will go to protect their sweetheart deals truly sickens me.
Couple of points ... I've been pretty hard on ALPA, particularly in the area of scope. Have I been banned or threatened? Nope. Posted testimony from the bankruptcy hearings, testimony from ALPA's own Counsel to refute what that Counsel later advised our MEC and really made some of our Admin furious. Banned, nope.
There is a difference between posting facts with quoted sources which make people angry ... and name calling. A author who does his, or her, homework is pretty safe citing 3rd party sources to make a point (and it also proves confidentiality was not breached).
The ALPA board got shut down because the same low brow false allegations, name calling and threats, exposed ALPA to legal responsibility for hosting the site. ALPA was having to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to moderate the thing ... and those causing the harm would have been pleased to cause even more harm had they realized their great effect.
This is why we can't have nice things ....
We have this board, we have Ben's Chit Chat forum which has nearly no moderation and a majority of posters that support DPA. Enjoy those resources which do not directly expose our association to our shenanigans and lawsuits.