I'm thinking about Clowney.

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I've been thinking about Clowney all week. Can't sleep. Oh I'm scared.

Then I realized I'm not a football player.

It helped a little.

I guess it's Dragon Con time here in the A T L. Summary: it's okay to pick on Moak, not so okay to pick on Caplinger, kinda okay to pick on Kingsley and then everyone tore apart the 76 seat section based on a rumor of 717 issues and there's still that widebody rumor to be squashed and no one cares that dues are going to go up if the DPA takes over in the next 8 months.

Who's giving Caplinger a break? He's getting eaten alive on here, moreso than Moak I'd say. All while Moak arguably has helped the DPA gain traction by himself more than any other person.

My question on the 717 came from a miscommunication between my rep and I. I mentioned the delay (which currently stands at 1 week, no big deal at the moment) and asked what that has to do with the 76 seaters, and he said nothing could be done until Jan 1, thinking I was asking about MBH. Thankfully that was cleared up and there isn't a loophole with that portion.

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Originally Posted by DoubleTrouble
If ALPA had been serious about advancing the profession, we would not be hearing about the DPA.

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I don't believe that is true. I think Caplinger's hatred for all things ALPA is so deep seeded that he will keep it alive just to continue to poke them in the eye. (Wasn't there original a red line after which, if they didn't have the cards they would go away? Seems that line is about as real as Oboma's) He feels he was betrayed when he got furloughed. He wants revenge. He will miss his target and he is hitting us. I find that offensive. If you buy into his rhetoric, you must believe that negotiating our contract is a very simple thing. If you believe that... truly believe that, then you have a lot to learn about business.

OK, let me rephrase: If ALPA was doing its' job, then the DPA would have quickly fallen off the radar screen, and we would not be having this discussion.

For the record, I know negotiating pilot working agreements is not a simple thing. But the following is: leave personalities out of it. We can debate the strength and weaknesses of ALPA without impugning individuals.

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"They don't mean it, they don't know who the real Lee is, don't be upset honey... they're just cyber bullies... by the way is it a bad time to tell you that Jesse guy posted pics of me once? And nobody even bothered to quote it."

I agree with this.

What exactly is misleading and untrue? If you're going to accuse me of something, then you need to be specific.

Are you stating that DALPA has control over how DAL management spends $$$? Are you stating that we as pilots had control? Could DAL have not provided the financing necessary for Pinnacle to stay afloat without our current contract? From what I have been told by Pinnacle pilots, 9e had the youngest CRJ-200s in the DCI fleet. So explain to me how DALPA screwed up. Or better yet, tell me how DPA would've done it better.

Really? DPA has been campaigning for 3+ years. They have failed to call a vote yet. If ALPA was "failing to do it's job", then DPA could've easily called a vote by now. But after 3+ years, they still can't call a vote. This is Tim Caplinger dragging out his personal vendetta. Like USAPA, he's doing nothing except creating division and wasting $$$.

Well you'll need to provide proof of the contract expiration dates and proof that the contracts would not need to be renewed. Because the 10-K info that I saw from Skywest/ASA shows that their CPAs were good through 2022.