I would whole heartily agree FDX ALPA leadership has failed to effectively communicate or convince the membership of why it has taken some positions. As far as the manner of how the leadership has addressed individuals complaints/opposition to the leadership's direction (LOA and age 65 in particular) I could see where DW, could seems disagreeable. I knew DW before he was "inside" and based on my observation at the time, I feel Dave's personalty is better suited to guerrilla warfare rather than (as he is obliged to be) a diplomat

I think its disingenuous to believe that the leadership doesn't have the best interests of all the FedEx pilots at heart. There are always gong to be some differences is opinion between junior and senior, older and younger, and other special interests. Some issues have clearly put ALPA in a no win position for which it had no interest in taking a central position. Age 60 was a political issue which forced ALPA to do what (in the leaderships opinion, both local and national), it had to do to be both fair and mitigate damage to the membership. The majority of pilots didn't want it, but blaming ALPA for it is not only wrong but misguided. The LOA, on the other hand, well I think the leadership should have polled the membership about what it thought was fair rather than buy into the "take it over leave it" position the company took. Clearly BC saw the glass half full when many saw it half empty.

If the pilots of FedEx feel their leadership is unresponsive, insensitive, or misguided in its approach to dealing with FedEx and national issues it should speak up and hold them accountable to the people they represent. Just be prepared to do more than whine and complain to get the kind of action out of your union that 2% of your pay should buy.