Don't get too wound up. Calling everyone who has an opposing view an "operative" is nothing more than trying to change the perception of the lurkers.

The hope for those that go down that path is that they can create a forum where it appears that the vast majority posters have the same opinion as they do, and that certainly anyone who disagrees must certainly be some sort of DALPA insider on FPL, or a management lacky, who's only job is to muddy the waters since there is no way a line pilot could have a differing opinion anyway.

Of course the truth is, if you use this or any other forum as a barometer of the pilot group, you are going to have very bad data. I have seen it here, the old ALPA forum, even the AOL forums of yesteryear, and based on the posts here and there, you would think every TA was going to fail 90-10 and every election would we won by a "radical." It rarely works out that way though does it? Why? Because the average line pilot does have his or her own opinion, and it may or may not fall in line with the opinion of these guys. Since they all can't be Dalpa insiders or management guys, they must be branded as mindless zombies that "do whatever Alpa says." Again, certainly it just can't be that they have looked at the facts and have come to a different conclusion could it?

Get used to it Oberon and don't let it bother you. Most pilots are very thoughtful and smart enough to come to their own conclusions, and just because at times they don't mirror the sentiment of this or any other board, doesn't mean they are any less right or valid.