Tony,

So you are saying that if we don't roll with DW, and if somehow we get disenfranchised by our current leadership, that the only replacement would be someone who would gut our contract and cause us severe pain down the road? You imply if we get some new leadership nobody else will fight the "other" battles for us but Dave, and nobody but him can save us from cabotage, PBS, and a host of other evils.

I'll say it again. DW is not Jesus Christ. You play devil's advocate for him, and smugly point out that there are many other issues to deal with. You are correct in that there are more than this issue on the table. But what you miss is his handling of the CRITICAL issue has made him lose credibility with most of the crew force.

Protect him if you must. However--its a Pyrric victory. You can take the satisfaction of winning an argument or intellectual debate, but the cost of victory is tremendous. Who would you pick tomorrow if DW died or left the company? Would we all be up $hit creek leaderless and in limbo? I doubt it. So--who else out there can step up and do the job?

This guy has alienated about everyone on the junior side of the list at FedEx and a host of the senior ones too. Why are you so committed to trying to sway everyone's minds about keeping him around when his continued presence is going to hurt all of us?

Its time for a change.

Unity can return. Education and lecturing won't do it. It will take trust. DW doesn't have it. With 4900 pilots to choose from, I imagine we can round up someone who'd give us their best shot for $250,000 plus.