Originally Posted by
Ferd149
Welllllllll........actually for some guys not.
I've told this boring story a thousand times to a thousand poor guys
but, you think that cuz your actually a pilot. I was on the staff in the USAF with guys like you and me who counted the days till we went back to line fighter/flying squadrons. However, there were lots and lots of guys who "like working the issues" (quote from a good friend who hit the ATC staff as a captain and retired as an 0-6 on the staff).
I saw these guys as a UPT instructor. They were academy guys who were there cuz their friends were there. They were ROTC guys who were there because their dad's were pilots. Anyway, you get the picture.
That's why I've never bought the DPA thing that it will all change. I predict those office guys will be doing DPA office stuff in 5 years after the name change. The more things change the more they remain the same
Ferd
Valid Ferd.
I know those types pop up everywhere, but it's been my experience (at least until post C12 and our hiring boom) that most of those folks don't really make their way to the airline biz. Not usually enough "prestige" in the gig for the type. I have seen more of it lately as folks follow the crowd to the new greener pastures.
I agree 100% on the DPA thing. If guys want to recall their reps, have at it. I think at a min the MEC chair needs to go, not necessarily because he's out to get Delta pilots, but because he did some unprofessional stuff during the TA- particularly the yelling. But bringing in DPA is a head scratcher for me, no matter the initial push to clean house, you will eventually end up with mostly the same guys who would have done ALPA work. And they are generally good Delta pilots who at the very least THINK they are doing what's best for the group.