DPA has been very clear from the getgo that Seham is only an interim law firm. DPA membership will be given a chance to choose what legal entity represents them. ALPA guys here keep trying to smear DPA by digging up dirt on Seham. Its really simply, let me state again, Seham is helping navigate legal questions as they pop up right now but have NOT been given any contract, a promise of contract, wink of the eye or anything else going forward. ALPA guys need to look for something else to pick on. Nothing to see here folks. Move along....

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Cheers
George

Do we really want to have to explain anything to a scheduler when making the call that we are sick? While that's not what you are specifically advocating, its a very slippery slope letting scheduling in on any annotating of our sick/well condition beyond sick/well. In any case, if the call backs become harassing in any way, let them go to voice mail and call your rep.

Then why is SSMP working at half-price? Altruism? Right....:rolleyes:

Move along??? Give me a break. You think only alpa supporters are bringing this up? Wrong. As a dpa supporter I have searched for this kind of info as well. I have come to the conclusion that Seham needs to go.....yesterday. We need to hear the pros and cons and come to an informed decision. I don't like Seham and will NOT continue to support DPA with his firm anywhere near my wallet. BTW, I'll be at the 44 meeting today voting on resolutions, making my voice heard using the union we have to better my job. Get rid of Seham now and I'll revisit DPA......after the contract is done. Dpa didn't get the support required soon enough and is now becoming a divider in our upcoming negotiations.

Bar,

I wasn't saying growth is a concession (unless it's a two-year pay freeze for RFP / growth aircraft like Delta offered Comair pilots in 2005).

Rather, changing Delta's three month "stay honest" JV window into a three year "stay honest" JV window would be a concession, or relaxation, or whatever the negotiators want to call it.

Without union transparency, there's no definitive answer to the question "what did we get for this, if anything?"

747 Pilot: Oh it's just like a big Piper Cub...

Evidently that's true, it can bounce just like a Piper Cub:

Interesting that the spoilers started to come up, then retracted after the bounce, then came up...again...after the second landing! Did he retract them? Or is it like a MD-88, where they...sometimes...come up, then stow, then come up again?

Hey! Now he's current after one approach. :D

No specific knowledge here, but I would guess their quick answers and not wanting detail are a result of the previous grievance about harassing guys that were sick. I'd be willing to bet that the company legal team has directed that behavior. I actually like it. If I think I need to provide detail, I'll call the CPSC. Schedulers do not need to know what's wrong with me.