DAWGS the problem with your little quip is that you are going to go buy a shiny new boat that was the first boat built by some guy who built the boat because he felt like it. He has not experience building boats. When you buy it, it will be yours, no sea trials, not engine runs. Heck you will not even know how it will sail or the drag it will have. It is not off the shelf technology by a long shot.Why? Because it is the first boat the guy has tried to build. It may look all sleek and new, but who knows if it will leak, and who cares. It is not like it will have a money back guarantee if you do not like the way it runs. The second you write that check it is yours and the money involved to fix it will be yours. Heck it may have fatal flaws that can never be fixed.



Oh and Carl, ALPA is not going to farm out its services to a group of pilots unless they can think that showing them what their services can do will lead them to joining ALPA. DAL pilots leaving ALPA will not be high on their list to help.