Originally Posted by
tsquare
So in other words... if ALPA were to get the boot at DAL.... all the players that are now serving would just take their ball and go home. Hmmmmmm to me that sounds as if they are in it for themselves and not for the greater good of the pilot group. /sarcasm
And what about all the other guys that had experience running the union in years past? I guess their experience counts for nothing? None of them would be willing to step up to the plate? They will be falling all over themselves for that opportunity because everyone at the top of this organization has a huge ego.. sorry.. but that's true and they all know it. There would be a bit of a power struggle, absolutely true.. but it would be for the benefit of the DELTA pilots..
And it appears that you are also saying that the guys now at the top are not expendable. If that is true... let's amend the terms of office part of the bylaws and have a recall to get Lee back because it seems that Armageddon is about to befall all of us.
You're right it's a power struggle. That's what this whole DPA thing is, a power struggle. Guys with huge egos who are not in charge and want to be. Would it T, be for the benefit of DELTA pilots? Or would it be for the benefit of those who started this?
Let me take some turpentine and wipe off some of the paint I just laid on with a wide brush. Not all supporters of DPA would fall into the above statement. Not all followers of movements are privy to the motives of the leaders of the movement, some just believe the rhetoric. I just look at the two biggest proponents here, Carl "wildcat strike" Spackler. I wouldn't follow that guy out of the Chilean mine shaft.
Is ALPA da bomb? No, like Tsquare I have big problems with some of Nationals policies and bloated ruling class parochialism. We do have a new President so something is bound to change.
I do know one thing, I and the bottom 1000 or so pilots have Lee Moak and DALPA's innovative forward thinking to thank for my job. After numbers like last year, what is the historical reaction to airline management? FURLOUGH! Do you think Capt Courageous would have forced Delta not to furlough anyone? Fat chance.
I'm sorry if I peeved anyone off or hurt anyone's feelings. I figure I'm entitled after all the other crap that gets tossed against the wall around here.