I am not one of the vocal minority that wants to remove DALPA, in favor of DPA....but you have to admit this TA, in this environment, sucks donkey balls. If this is the best DALPA can do, with our company making more money than they ever have in the history of Delta Air Lines, and buying $5,000,000,000 of stock to decrease the float and increase earnings per share by virtue of removing those shares from the market, thus, increasing the value of outstanding shares, then our union isn't working for us.

Why is Mike Donetelli so irate with us because we don't see the value that he does in this contract? As a 15 year FO, I don't see any value whatsoever, in this contract. There is nothing in this for me. 8% pay raise? But I slide backwards in what my seniority can hold in my awarded trips every month? I could bid Captain up to 737 in NYC, but if this TA passes, all the guys that just had their good deal yanked are going to seek an upgrade bid so there goes that plan. Uggghhh. I just don't understand how this TA ever made it past the NC. Now I know why someone on the NC was rumored to be crying in front of the MEC. I want to cry for him because the only answer I can see is deeply imbedded corruption.

The only thing that makes sense to me is that promises were made to MD that he would have a management job or a job in DC working for the Moak group, or maybe Ford and Harrison. Does he have a law degree? That is the only reason I see that he would get so angry and be so vehemently telling us that there is no other way. There is no backstop.

I say there is another way, we stop working with management. We start working for us...the Delta Airline Pilots. We stop following their timeline and start following our timeline. We put Labor risk right back on the table stop getting bullied by Ford and Harrison!!

I'm sorry T, this rant isn't directed at you, I'm actually encouraged that you aren't decided yet or are leaning towards no. I'm not a fan of the guys that started DPA but these deep concessions in the midst of record profits tells me my union doesn't speak for me and they don't give a flying F$ck what I want or need. And the fact that MD, after promising a historic contract brings us an historically concessionary contract, with Billions flowing out to shareholders (Management), I have no other conclusion to make, except they have been bought/paid off by our leaders or an intermediary, ie Ford and Harrison.

I am officially declaring shenanigans on our union leaders!! That should scare them into submission.