Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
13500/13500 = 19/19 = 1 voice
11734/13500 ~ 7/12 = unfocused & unable to close a deal
You just made us a little further from unity and further from a deal. You aren't putting pressure on ALPA. You are undermining your bargaining agent and adding one of a thousand cuts.
If you hate all things Delta, kudos. You just succeeded in a very small way towards of your goal of making this a miserable unrewarding place to spend a career.
No the problem is the mission and its objectives aren't that difficult to process. Improve QOL while improving the financials of the people that produce the product. I recognize that there are and have been gains in the airline industry with regards to both since the 1930's. But in the past 8 yrs it appears that ALPA has overseen the continued degradation of the pilot force at Delta. I would submit that if DPA has nearly 5 to 6000 cards on file that the number isn't 13500 out of 13500, rather its more like 8000 out of 13,500. Not very unified, and hasn't been for some time. I would further surmise that this has much more to do with actual or perceived lack of leadership from DALPA and ALPA national. The continued real/perception of former ALPA personnel getting hired into management positions at Delta, for example, further erodes the trust from the line pilot to an organization who at times must defend/fight against the company for pilot compensation etc. I have watched with much dismay, what I consider chaos in the ALPA organization. It is utterly beyond comprehension that any type of concession would even be remotely entertained at the present time and environment. You... Bucking Bar and the rest of the pilot group represent a collection of perhaps the best trained, most focused, intelligent group of individuals on the planet. There are very few occupations on par with the requirements and training required to be a 121 operator. Fewer still with the currency and recurrency training requirements. Eds job is never on the line every 6 to 9 months, heck most surgeons aren't either. The responsibility that you and I along with our other fellow pilots shoulder each and everyday is unique, daunting and humbling. YOU are worth it, so am I and so is the other 13498 pilots at Delta. ALPA had better man up and realize this isn't CE Woolman we're dealing with, we ARE just numbers on a paper to management, and the numbers need to match the uber professionally trained people we are. ALPA needs to lead and deliver or get out of the way.