Originally Posted by Adolphus Coors

I don't agree. My dues money is my involvement. Flying the line is enough for me. I don't need to come home and worry about what the association is doing. Every contract that we have voted on has been approved by our MEC before we voted and for the most part were approved by the MEC. I pay dues for the services provided by the association. Clearly with the amount of dues we pay we expect professionals to represent us. Unfortunately the association looks like a bunch of idiots getting their butts kicked by the Harvard boys.

As far as rep not knowing section 1........Well that's just plain ignorant. This type of threat has been around since 2003 when Chautauqua Airlines created Republic Airlines to get around APA scope. ALPA should have seen this then and never approved our section 1 as it was written. In my opinion ALPA is either:

1. Ignorant,
2. Arrogant,
3. In bed with the wrong team, or
4. All of the above.

Either way I'm sick of the ever revolving disappointment I feel with ALPA. I think DPA is a very good option everyone should take a look at.