Originally Posted by
Splash
I was responding to the post directly before, from Carl. The reference was to karnak's questions. It think they're legitimate. I think the discussion of the DPA should include answers to them. Based on a quick scan of previous posts, here are the questions karnak raised:
From post #3602: What organizations are giving money to DPA, and why?
What law firm has DPA retained, and what is there background in labor affairs?
Why isn't DPA being as transparent as ALPA?
From post #3606: Is it too soon to start putting the DPA leadership under the same microscope? Would it be fair to post TC's decisions/actions/statements here, and scrutinize them?
From post #3634: If so, please help me ask DPA about the exact same problems you have with ALPA.Who's doing what? How much are they being paid? Are they hiring anybody with a conflict of interest?
The organization was started in May. I think their efforts at getting the requisite number of cards would be improved if they would announce a large percentage of cards to date. I think their efforts would be crippled if they announced a very small percentage, or a percentage that was well below their forecast.
They haven't announced any numbers, so I'm going to guess they aren't doing well.
What's your guess?
All of these have been asked and answered many times in the last 3600 plus posts. If you and Karnak had been paying attention since then, you would know this. But here we go again:
What organizations are giving money to DPA, and why? Delta pilots that have turned in their cards. Any other dumb questions?
What law firm has DPA retained, and what is there background in labor affairs? It would be absolutely silly for them to disclose that at this point. It doesn't matter, because that firm may or may not be retained if/when a new elected leadership of DPA takes office. Plus it just gives the ALPA elves a target to smear whoever is publicly associated with DPA.
Why isn't DPA being as transparent as ALPA? Seriously? The lack of straight forward communication from national is one of the biggest problems here. No straight answer on 1500 hour rule, duty time rule, scope restoration...and the list goes on. Ask them a hard question, and the answer is: "Can't disclose this because blah, blah, blah, we're members of the committee, blah, blah, we've signed non-disclosure agreements, blah, blah. That's not to say that ALPA's bad behavior should be copied by DPA...it shouldn't.
Is it too soon to start putting the DPA leadership under the same microscope? Would it be fair to post TC's decisions/actions/statements here, and scrutinize them? You can if you want, but it's a waste of time to do so. Why? Because the current leadership of DPA will almost assuredly NOT be the ones ultimately elected by the Delta pilots. The leaders will have to run and campaign for their offices. THAT'S the time to put them under the microscope.
If so, please help me ask DPA about the exact same problems you have with ALPA.Who's doing what? How much are they being paid? Are they hiring anybody with a conflict of interest? It's not about DPA's problems with ALPA...it's about the DELTA PILOTS problems with ALPA. A grass roots organization like DPA doesn't get started in a vacuum. It happens because of a large dissatisfaction amongst the rank and file. Is it enough to produce 51% of cards? We'll see.
Carl