I disagree. I do not think these issues are fixable. It's just like Congress. the entrenched elite are never going to go away despite all the threats to the contrary. I cannot believe that you can really defend them. But just to dig a little deeper... what is it exactly that we get from national that couldn't be had by writing a check? We need an ALPA attorney? they won't EVER turn money down.. I have yet to meet a lawyer that would. Aeromedical? I have used them and they really are a good bunch of people, but those services are not so unique that they cannot be duplicated here. Why are the executives payrates some kind of average of the MAJOR airlines that make up their constituency? Why not an average of ALL the highest paying airlines under their pervue? I'll bet his attitude would certainly change as to who is more impolrtant. How much of that gigantic MCF have the DAL pilots ever used? show me some of these things that make the national part of this association worthwhile and I will get on board. How are the DELTA pilots being supported by this bureaucracy?

/rant OFF