His Facebook tantrum is embarrassing. His derogatory comments about his fellow Delta pilots probably are just fine with the company as they only work to divide our group. I don't know if they approve of them, but our union leadership apparently does. L Mock even Likes it! Just goes to show that talk of "Unity" is just that talk... it's a tag line. "Unity." As long as we're all behind getting MD further up the ALPA ladder and buy off on whatever he's selling. If not, well, all bets are off.

What's sad is that Ron's outburst is indicative of what many see from ALPA right now--a sense of complete indignation. Strong ALPA supporters who talk of the importance of speaking as one voice, and not being divided are stomping their feet, "I can't believe you idiots voted against the TA!" All of us can read the press reports where our union is not speaking up for us. And we can read the lack of will and conviction of fighting for a just TA in the chairman's letters. We see it in the actions of our LECs scheduling meetings out into the end of Sep. The message is loud and clear: Protecting their ALPA positions is the priority.

To cleanse the visual pallet after seeing the above: