Karma is a MF. While you guys were all getting hosed by the blizzard I was safe and warm in my home with the month off. Then my 14 yo falls and breaks his ankle in three pieces. Successful surgery but now I have to go to training for a month while he is hobbling around trying to get to school and up and down the stairs. Luckily I'm married to a saint.

Wish I could have traded Dec off for Jan...

Ah, not cool. Hope he has a speedy recovery.

Now, THERE'S a surprise!

I too was disappointed that he didn't mention scope. I would say, from everyone I've talked with and from what I read both here and on the DALPA Forum, that scope is at least equal to pay as one of the top two most pressing issues for this pilot group. Why it didn't get a mention in this letter is beyond me (well maybe not... I have some ideas but I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt at this point). If it's any consolation, I had a long talk about a month back with a couple of the C44 reps in ATL, and they were extremely adamant about the importance of scope.

:D Obviously, this was the statement I found most appealing in the whole letter.

Happy New Year everyone!!! :)

It's hard to mention SCOPE when over half the ALPA membership is flying for the commuters. ALPA needs to split between mainline and commuter carriers. Right now there is a conflict of interest within ALPA.

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I think we should split between Captains and First Officers. Right now there is a conflict of interest between those groups. All the First Officers want the Captain's seat, and if they can't have the seat they're looking to diminish pay for that seat and move it to their position. It's a clear conflict of interest.:rolleyes:

Oh, over half the ALPA membership isn't flying for commuters...

Slow,

I think your overall experience is a lot deeper then many of ours. Rather then insult us with sarcasm, educate us with facts. Why isn't there a conflict of interest? Would separating Regional from Legacy be more harmful then good? This is a genuine request.

I for one want to learn, & I'm encouraged by some of DALPA's latest actions. However, I still have a lot to learn. I know a lot of us would appreciate help.

But until that ever happens, ALPA seems intent on supporting the regionals using the dues money of the majors. ALPA seems intent upon growing the regionals as a way to make the entire industry healthier.

O'Malley's first letter to the membership sounds a lot like Moak's campaign letter: Talk about restoring compensation, but don't speak of Scope issues in any way.

For everyone who wants Scope restoration and wording that prohibits the company from signing any new or extensions to existing RJ contracts, we are going to have to beat our LEC reps about the head and shoulders. We'll have to make it so painful for them, that they'll tell the O'Malley's and the Moak's that they risk DALPA's ALPA affiliation if they don't stop ignoring Scope.

Carl

I gave up on my BB Curve after trying to deal w/ iCrew. Went to the Sprint Evo and downloaded Firefox for Android. Everything works perfectly, Deltanet, travelnet, icrew...etc. If you have a BB I'm sure you're due for a new phone upgrade.

Baja.