It is easy to agree with emotional based statements. We all "feel" this way at some point. It is quite another to logically deconstruct what DPA offers and compare it piece by piece to ALPA.

There are many things that DPA has stated that make sense, but taking it to the next level is not just important, but crucial if they are going to be a viable voice for this pilot group. They need to address each and every issue, not emotionally, but logically. They need to realize that emotion may get cards, but it will not get someone to vote for them until they prove that they can do "better" that ALPA in a great many things.

Being upset at ALPA is one thing, but voting them out is quite another. Each and every member owes it to their families and to their fellow pilots to weigh DPA's merits on every issue, or service they purport to offer against ALPA. Emotional arguments and points feel good, but generally do not accomplish the desired objectives. To date, all of the conversations I have had with my fellow pilots that seek an alternate association, fail to come remotely close to selling the idea that DPA will do better that DALPA.

It would be wise for ALPA and DPA to listen intently to what the pilots are saying, and then realize that what the Delta Pilots want is; an Association that defends their contract, both to the company and to the World, a agent that is their voice, and carries their objctions and demands forward. ALPA needs to do better on some level, and DPA needs to realize that selling anger does nothing to solve the problem except to constantly identify it.