Originally Posted by
FlyingViking
First of all, thanks for the compliment. If in fact we do get a group together that will work for Delta pilots, and Delta pilots only, you can count me in. The commute to ATL would in fact be much better for me. As for our current union, I think there has been far too many bloopers, far too many mistakes, and too much loss of faith for it to be a successful outcome as to best for all Delta pilots.
I still have hope for a successful outcome.
I guess it comes with the fact that I have worked with a few of the National guys and some of the Committees that help the line pilot. There is a lot of good that this union does that 99% of the rank and file never need nor know about, but once you see it in action, you will see the political issues as something that needs to be dealt with to save the true vale of the union.
I agree that there are many things we need to do at the national level to refocus our attention on the line pilot. It needs to be done for ALPA to survive. If DAL decides to leave, ALPA is deal. They know it and we know it. That 800 pound gorilla can get a lot done with that knowledge.
Lets wait and see. I think that getting a bunch of guys together from across the union to look at how we could redo a few things here and there would be a major benefit.
I do not think that ALPA is dead, and in fact think that if we do vote in a in-house union, not much will change. We may have more cash on hand, but in the end it is the pilot of DAL that run our union. National has some say and I do not think that anyone is naive enough to think otherwise, but in reality we have become the majority of national, so there will be some changes.
I could be wrong, and we will see nothing change, and at that time, you may be correct.