Originally Posted by
Sink r8
I call BS. I think you're misleading, and it looks deliberate. Doesn't sound like you have anything remotely like an open mind on this topic. Seems like everything sucks in this TA. Not just that it sucks, but that you're desperate to make it look like it sucks. Everything that's positive is a lie, anything neutral is an abomination, and anything negative (and some things are certainly negative) a reason to cheer. Anyone not against it outright is a fool.
I volunteered last year to try to defend the TA against people who would distort it. You were far stronger, started earlier, and you prevailed. It's fine, because the TA was rejected by the pilots fair and square. The process taught us all what to look for, however, and I think the lurker is informed enough to recognize the pattern, and the prodigal poster.
Welcome back.
To be fair, there is a trust and credibility gap right now between DALPA and the pilots. TA15 had similar information briefs put out, and in those briefs everything was presented as only positive for the pilots. So now, even with a largely new MEC, people who have zero affiliation with any opposition group (read: DPA), are spring loaded to mistrust DALPA communications on this TA. And I don't think that's unreasonable.
Rather than yelling "DPA!" at the doubters, DALPA needs to recognize that this trust/credibility gap is real, and reasonable, and work double - time to bridge it.
When the only comeback is "DPA!", it doesn't close the gap.