Originally Posted by
DAWGS
Many of you would continue to support ALPA regardless of what they propose, good or bad, right or wrong. IMHO your allegiance is to ALPA and not the pilots of Delta. These are common sense issues, cut and dry, black and white. ALPA is trying to muddy the waters and you are supporting it. Aiding them rather than calling them out. Pat each other on the back and act like no one else understands or is informed, but the other side of the argument is intelligent and has had enough of this organization not representing its constituents. The time has come for all Delta Pilots to lead this industry out of the ALPA funk we have been in for the past decade.
Take note of how much to this comes true......
1. As you seek to decertify ALPA, your company will welcome your DPA with open arms, giving (them) access to employee names, address and phone numbers to help facilitate your election drive.
2. After your post win pizza and beer celebration replacing ALPA with DPA, your new leadership will loose interest in actually running a union and will melt way, "back to the line".
3. Your replacement "new" leadership, after sobering up from the party, will realize that a lot of work is needed to replace all the services Delta pilots were preforming while working for DALPA as volunteers. They will reach out to these tired-less workers, and ask them to step forward to continue to give their time to the new DPA union.
4. Many will accept and many more will answer with a one finger salute.
5. After a painful experience with several changes of (frustrated) leadership, and a lack of tireless volunteers, you will approach your management to administer your current contract and negotiate your follow on contract.
6. You will not find your management nearly as cooperative as they were when your were running your election to represent your group.
7. At some point, you will send a delegation to Washington to lobby for issues (you criticized ALPA over) and will be met by the Georgia delegation to congress.
8. They will meet you warmly ,offer you sweet icetea, thank you for removing that left leaning ALPA and tell you they are happy to see "
They're Airline repesented by a good ole southern association ("we don't use the word union in the south!")
9. You will make very modest requests with an expectation that they will help you, even if they have never (ever) supported any labor related legislation.
10. They will offer you more sweet tea, shake your hands profusely, thank you for coming to Washington, and show you to the door, never to hear from them again.
11. Your delegation will go back to Atlanta, dazed and confused, but at least they were representing only your interests.
12. Someone will start a thread on Airline Pilots Central and wonder out loud if leaving ALPA really has (or will ever) improve your lot.