Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
There are some here that have stated they're an automatic NO vote because they know DALPA is out to hurt its members. Such a NO vote does not show lack for support of the TA, it shows a lack of support for the union.
I don't get it. Are you saying that they might have actually voted NO against a TA that they actually liked, simply because of the bargaining agent? Why?
Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
...many YES voters that did so because of the fear campaign waged by the MEC administration. They said they hated the TA, but feared what could happen if the MEC administration was right about the company's Plan B. That YES vote clearly does not show support for the TA, but rather a choice between the lesser of two evils.
Well, duh!! I didn't like either of the concessionary contracts at Delta in the early 2000's, but I voted YES anyway because I preferred it to the most likely alternative.
Isn't that the way any decision works? You compare what you have in front of you to what you can likely expect instead if you turn it down.
