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Check Essential
I don't think so.
ALPA has to be worried they would not survive another C2012.
2 things have to occur:
1) This contract has to be a huge gain for the pilots.
Some give and take? Sure. But a huge gain.
2) The process has to be "clean".
The permanent ALPA guys or "shadow MEC" or whatever you want to call them, can NOT be seen as having subverted the will of the pilot's elected reps or having any other undue influence on the outcome. That can't happen again.
If those 2 things do not occur I think you would see some serious, credible people step up and either start a new organization, or more likely, assume leadership of the DPA. ALPA would then be removed as the bargaining agent for the Delta pilots.
This contract is critical. For the Delta pilots AND for ALPA.
I'm not too sure about this Check. As I've been saying for some time now, our union has been purchased right out from under us. DALPA doesn't represent Delta pilots, they represent Delta management. It's a pretend Union. But here's the interesting part: By a 10-9 margin, this is EXACTLY what Delta line pilots want...a fake Union. One that will never challenge Mother Delta.
There's a chance that a slim majority of our pilot group could vote down a TA that's ratified by the reps if it's just too insulting. That's the only weapon we have against a union that is owned by non-members.
Carl