First off if we had a actual union that would stand up to management and fight for scope instead of negotiate away scope then we wouldnt be in this situation. Emotions arent apart of this. We have a leader that is out fixing managements problems instead of fixing our problems. He was elected to represent the pilot group and work with other elected reps. Instead he decided to go off and ink a deal with mgmt that basically said we see your scope violation and we'll give you more. Now i know you'll say they didnt think they would win in arbitration. Well everyone can see that mgmt fudged their "understanding" of the verbiage. Also a real furlough protection would have been to incorporate every pilot under the old 911 scope provisions. If the company wants to operate 76 seaters out of the parameters than they should have been made to sign a no furlough clause making all 76 seaters instantly become 70 seaters if a DAL pilot gets furloughed. WE have a big issue coming up here at DAL in the next few years that needs attention NOW. These DC9s will eventually need to be replaced and until we have MEC leadership that is willing to stand up and say enough with outsourcing we will end up like midwest or ual at some point. Is it so much to ask that we have a leadership of people that actually represent the pilot group as a whole? At what point will the MEC put its feet down on outsourcing jobs? Their seat maybe?

the real underlying problem is moak went out and did this on his own without any other elected officials. Does he work for management or does he work for the pilot group? The company violated the contract and we are letting them get away with it at no real cost to them and they know it. The sad part is that way to many people have just come to expect this out of this leadership group and have just come to expect it. That is a problem that needs to be fixed.

My main problem is this, ALPA is supposed to work on our behalf, right? Is that to much to ask? If that's a problem than its time for an in house DPA.