Originally Posted by Maddoggin

You know though. Whether DPA is the answer or not I don't know. But it is serving a purpose. By giving an option of another union out there it puts pressure on ALPA to address issues just due to the fact that if they don't they might lose some support and give a little bit of momentum to this new union push. Take the RAH scope issue. ALPA in no way shape or form wants to deal with this or make a statement in any way. I have no confidence that they would try and fight for our scope protection in this instance. However, with having another union that could gain ground if they don't address this problem it raises the stakes for ALPA. They are forced to deal with it. Its sad that this is one of the main motivations for ALPA and that they think how can we handle this without losing anybody to DPA. I still don't think anything will come of the RAH thing, even though I think it's a blatant violation of our section 1, but if it does I think DPA would be one of the reasons.