Originally Posted by Desperado

Frankly, my comment, DPA+1, was not aimed at our current LEC's or MEC. It was based on the statements by a recent jumpseater who recently quit doing ALPA work. According to him, DALPA contributes over 12 Million per year to the coffers of ALPA Nat'l. Our R.O.I. however, is only a little over 3 Million per year. We are, according to him, subsidizing everyone else in ALPA. Is this true, or am I p/o'ed for no good reason? If it is true, we certainly could use that money to start and maintain our own "in house" union, hence the DPA+1 comment.