Originally Posted by
JamesBond
ALPA is a political machine. They don't want your opinion. If you go there with the intent to 'change things', 1 of two things will happen. 1) you will be shut out of any meaningful involvement in anything, or 2) you will get discredited. There is an agenda, and while you might think that 'volunteering' and being involved makes your a part of that system, you aren't... UNLESS, you agree with the inner circle and lick those boots. They don't want dissent other than a few actual lambs.
I know several guys that went there with the intent of making changes, and those things are exactly what happened to them.
Prove me wrong.
Nothing more true has ever been said of ALPA work, and this isn't just at DALPA. And yes, I have been involved at times, and yes, this was my experience precisely.
It also says a lot about those who float to the top and why they do so.