Originally Posted by
Fly4hire
I didn't read anyone promising anything. And I agree no one gets anything done by themselves. The only "plan" that works is being able to build consensus. I would also caution against too much ALPA experience - we have all seen long time ALPA volunteers who will not step out a limb with a position they feel strongly about because they do not want to jeopardize their good deal or a future ALPA position.
I can only speak for myself, but I have not promised anything--except to represent our pilots honestly, communicate in a timely manner, and aggressively defend, promote, and enhance our contract at every available opportunity.
I do, however, share your caution on too much ALPA experience. Part of my wanting to run is to bring some fresh perspective to the table. I realize that many of you want a plan of how to do certain things, and that just cannot happen on this forum. There are just too many other interested parties who have a much different agenda than we do. Suffice to say that the talent pool at Delta is deep with ideas, and one of my strengths is to bring that talent together--ala CRM--to bring out the ideas which withstand the test of scrutiny. Then you have to make our case to some smart people on the MEC in order to bring those ideas to fruition. We have had some leadership in the past who shared some of the ideals many of us express here, but for whatever reason they were not able to convince others and "close the deal" so to speak.
I am hoping to not only bring a collective mindset of ideas from our new council 44 reps via our pilots, but make us effective in communicating those ideas successfully to the MEC and successful in implementing them.
Altruistic? Perhaps, but most definitely genuine.