I've known John since he was the DFW F/O rep in 1996. I can tell you he is not going to follow the path of the Moakies, they were the ones who threw him out of power while we were in bankruptcy, when the company came to us for a second bite of the apple.

He was not about to give the company that second pay cut (LOA51) after they had just lied to him after the FIRST pay cut (LO46) to STAY OUT OF BANKRUPTCY...and then the filed bankruptcy and stopped funding our DB plan!

When Malone was replaced by Moak, I called the DALPA office to ask why they were doing that.

The Smartest Guy in the Room, RH, told me the company HAD to have that extra 14% pay cut or they would liquidate. I said, "I hope you don't believe that nonsense!". He said, "Yes, it's true, they said so..." and he's been buying everything they've been selling ever since.

There is no love lost between JM and the Moakies, who have been in charge since then, and that was 10 year ago.

I like what John said in his FB post, about not sending in more cards at this time (and I just renewed mine when the TA came out!). We have enough on our plate right now with all the recalls, getting a new NC and Strategic Planning Committee.

Trying to run DALPA off the property at the same time will only dilute the efforts of each. We need to focus on replacing the MD11 now, and if a year from now DALPA hasn't made substantial changes, then we can replace them with DPA.