Originally Posted by
MikeF16
DPA was funded by donations not mandatory payroll deductions, I don't think any contributors are looking for a refund check. Did Hillary return all her donations after she lost?
DPA helped expose the way ALPA does business, and organized a portion of the pilot group to do something about it. DPA wasn't directly negotiating with the company so in that regard they had nothing to do with the contract; but to bury your head in the sand and pretend they didn't influence pilots to take a stand is preposterous. Exactly who started the orange campaign which was then adopted by ALPA?
You were not here for a lot of the DPA saga. One of the very first things they pledged was to shut down on 31 Dec 2010 if they did not have enough votes for a election. The reason they gave was that to present a divided pilot group to management during negotiations would reduce our leverage and result in a sub par contract.
They ignored their own promise when they failed to get the required cards.
Failing in that pledge they put out a series of often bizarre communications highlighted by the abortion letter. Many of those letters were quickly pulled down because they were so factually wrong. If DPA had even been within a country mile of the ill effects of contract 2012 you would not even be on the property as there would have been no hiring.
If you fly with any former NWA pilots ask them about the DPA founder and some of the things he did prior to the merger. It might be enlighting.
As far as the donations they don't need to be returned but there should be a full accounting of where the money went and is going. There are rumors that might be problematic.