Originally Posted by
Enemyofthestate
Funny, except likely one of the many full time flight pay loss volunteers is spending your dues dollars to produce it. Wonder where Spakler's IP pings from? Herndon or close to Virginia Ave?
Here's a fair question: what percentage of DAL pilots make over $250K/year?
Now what percentage of DAL ALPA volunteers make over $250K/yr?
Are ALPA volunteer tax returns or compensation public domain and obtainable under the FOIA and Labor Department reporting rules?
Please don't take this website down that road.
Unless you have some evidence, veiled allegations of corruption do not advance the debate. They are pretty much pointless and really not welcome.
There is plenty to criticize about ALPA. We do it every day. However, I don't think you'll find the participants here on this forum willing to accept that the local pilots who work for ALPA are doing it because of the money.
Its that bloated beast of a bureaucracy up in Herndon that needs to be brought under control. The local pilots doing committee work are really not the problem. Except to the extent that they protect the beast and its budget.
I don't think its fair to question those guys' motives. I know some of them and I've been watching all of them for many years. They're not crooks. They're good people with good intentions. They're just too loyal to the machine. Too entrenched.
We're slowly chipping away at that mindset. Convincing them of the need for reform.
Welcome to the fight.