Originally Posted by
capncrunch
I agree with this.
I believe the fear campaign that many are selling will work and DPA will not get voted in before contract time. ALPA will do just what we expect and come up with a sub par contract but will use some fear mongering/this is the best we could do to sell the thing to the pilot group. At that point, ALPA will have shot themselves in the foot and those who were on the fence will not be anymore and ALPA will be voted off campus.
This is my prediction.
You could be right, but I hope not. Unfortunately, this next contract is pivotal for many in our pilot group who just do not have that much time left. It is also the first contract since the "bankruptcy era". We are either going to establish that this profession is as valuable as it has historically been, or we are not. If we don't, this will set a precedent that will make it exponentially harder to do this in the future.