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Old 07-14-2015, 07:27 PM
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I'm scheduled to fly the day of the meeting. Would love to see a sea of orange. Anybody going please bring a phone that records in high def. Also, there needs to be some time for the membership to weigh in. An open mike of sorts.

Ask your base reps if they can help facilitate. At this point after all the closed door shenanigans and Q & A's cut short "due to time" the pilots deserve to ask direct questions and have direct answers.
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Old 07-14-2015, 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by MtEverest View Post
I'm scheduled to fly the day of the meeting. Would love to see a sea of orange. Anybody going please bring a phone that records in high def. Also, there needs to be some time for the membership to weigh in. An open mike of sorts.

Ask your base reps if they can help facilitate. At this point after all the closed door shenanigans and Q & A's cut short "due to time" the pilots deserve to ask direct questions and have direct answers.
Maybe that's why the meeting is in VA. How many Delta pilots live there?
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Old 07-14-2015, 07:47 PM
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Old 07-14-2015, 07:58 PM
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From Ben Stout on the FB page:

I am going to the meeting next week in Reston. We really need to show up in significant numbers in order to show those in control that despite their obvious ploy to frustrate our participation, that we WILL take this union back.

There a ton of hotels in the 80-90 range around IAD. I will personally rent a 10 pax van and shuttle whoever needs a ride.
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Old 07-14-2015, 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by BenderRodriguez View Post
What do you mean by "profitable"? Should ALPA "volunteers" be compensated for their time or should they be altruistic and give that to us?
Intentionally gaming ALPA FPL to improve your W2 and have more days off than your line seniority would otherwise allow qualifies as "profitable".

Using dues dollars for personal enrichment through meals, activities, or accommodations that aren't directly related to union work qualifies as "profitable".

No, I absolutely don't think volunteers should be compensated for their time - they'd cease to be volunteers if you paid them. I do think reasonable expenses for meals and accommodations are a cost of doing business. As I said above, I don't expect anyone to endure a hardship to represent me, but I also expect union officers to responsible stewards of dues dollars.

Union politics has never been a pleasant pastime, although I'm grateful for all volunteers - even if their efforts don't meet the will of the body. Unless of course it's a pig feeding at the trough and wasting dues dollars.
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Old 07-14-2015, 08:21 PM
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Intentionally gaming ALPA FPL to improve your W2 and have more days off than your line seniority would otherwise allow qualifies as "profitable".

Using dues dollars for personal enrichment through meals, activities, or accommodations that aren't directly related to union work qualifies as "profitable".

No, I absolutely don't think volunteers should be compensated for their time - they'd cease to be volunteers if you paid them. I do think reasonable expenses for meals and accommodations are a cost of doing business. As I said above, I don't expect anyone to endure a hardship to represent me, but I also expect union officers to responsible stewards of dues dollars.

Union politics has never been a pleasant pastime, although I'm grateful for all volunteers - even if their efforts don't meet the will of the body. Unless of course it's a pig feeding at the trough and wasting dues dollars.
I highlighted a key point you made above. Unfortunately we have had "DALPA associates" staying in very expensive hotels, drinking thousands of dollars worth of alcohol (for just a few guys) and buying $100/plate dinners at Chris Ruth Steakhouse with dues dollars. It's sickening. They have been doing it for some time now... justifying, believing they will never get caught. A full accounting needs to take place once the cover is blown off that bunker.

I'd like to add a note about Flight Pay Loss mentioned earlier in this thread.

NOBODY should get paid to come to these message boards and post EVER. If DALPA want's to set up a help desk or conduct live chat sessions/video conferencing under their real name and title that is fine. Getting paid while pretending to be someone else here while misrepresenting facts is an abuse of membership dues.
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Old 07-14-2015, 08:57 PM
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“The organization’s primary exempt purpose is to promote the interests of the airline piloting profession and to safeguard the rights, individually and collectively, of its members.”

From 990 Part XI

Total Revenue: $134,650,739
Total Expenses: $145,281,334


From 990 Schedule J, Part II. Column E, Total Compensation

Jamler Johnson – General Manager: $1,252,291
Donald L. Moak - President: $918,337
Jonathan Cohen – Chief Counsel/Dir, Legal: $543,482
James Johnson – Sr. Managing Attorney: $481,611
Bruce York - Director of Representation: $459,900
William Roberts - Asst. Dir Representation: $418,760
Ana Mcahron-Schultz - Dir of Economic Financial: $389,693
Howard Hagy - Dir Engineering Air Safety: $380,700
Elizabeth Ginsburg - Asst Dir Representation: $370,010
Elizabeth Koby Sr. - Managing Attorney: $366,257
Jeffery Small - Senior Labor Relations Council: $359,450
GC Warner - Managing Attorney: $343,501
Marcus Mighore - Managing Attorney: $343,039
Arthur Luby - Asst. Dir Representation: $341,770
Marie Schwartz - Director of Communications: $325,975
Charles F. Murphy - Dir Information Technology: $324,079
Robert Bailey - Senior Attorney: $322,878
Michael Robbins - Director of Government Affairs: $322,095
Andrew Shostack - Manager, Representation: $317,600
Elwyn Woody Sr - Benefits Attorney: $316,980
Kelly Collie - Dir of Human Resources: $312,149
Robert Nichols - Senior Labor Relations: $302,734
Margarita Lorenzetti - Director of Finance: $301,169

Only those above $300,000 have been shown

From ALPA latest tax filing information available: 2014-11-13
Source: http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocument...af06654-9O.pdf

ALPA has been using extensions in order to file just prior to the last normally available due date of November 15th. It is a 501 (c) 5 nonprofit: Labor and Agricultural Organizations
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Old 07-14-2015, 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by DoggusErectus View Post
“The organization’s primary exempt purpose is to promote the interests of the airline piloting profession and to safeguard the rights, individually and collectively, of its members.”

From 990 Part XI

Total Revenue: $134,650,739
Total Expenses: $145,281,334


From 990 Schedule J, Part II. Column E, Total Compensation

Jamler Johnson – General Manager: $1,252,291
Donald L. Moak - President: $918,337
Jonathan Cohen – Chief Counsel/Dir, Legal: $543,482
James Johnson – Sr. Managing Attorney: $481,611
Bruce York - Director of Representation: $459,900
William Roberts - Asst. Dir Representation: $418,760
Ana Mcahron-Schultz - Dir of Economic Financial: $389,693
Howard Hagy - Dir Engineering Air Safety: $380,700
Elizabeth Ginsburg - Asst Dir Representation: $370,010
Elizabeth Koby Sr. - Managing Attorney: $366,257
Jeffery Small - Senior Labor Relations Council: $359,450
GC Warner - Managing Attorney: $343,501
Marcus Mighore - Managing Attorney: $343,039
Arthur Luby - Asst. Dir Representation: $341,770
Marie Schwartz - Director of Communications: $325,975
Charles F. Murphy - Dir Information Technology: $324,079
Robert Bailey - Senior Attorney: $322,878
Michael Robbins - Director of Government Affairs: $322,095
Andrew Shostack - Manager, Representation: $317,600
Elwyn Woody Sr - Benefits Attorney: $316,980
Kelly Collie - Dir of Human Resources: $312,149
Robert Nichols - Senior Labor Relations: $302,734
Margarita Lorenzetti - Director of Finance: $301,169

Only those above $300,000 have been shown

From ALPA latest tax filing information available: 2014-11-13
Source: http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocument...af06654-9O.pdf

ALPA has been using extensions in order to file just prior to the last normally available due date of November 15th. It is a 501 (c) 5 nonprofit: Labor and Agricultural Organizations
Obscenely overpaid! Question: Who decides on these amounts and does anybody vote on it? If so, who?

Btw, I like how our expenses exceed our revenue by ten million
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Originally Posted by 74pilot View Post
If the MEC has a hospitality suite with excess food and booze and are partying like Jordan Belfort in Wall Street, yes, shut that crap down.
Umm... That is exactly what they have. Clearly you have never observed DALPA meeting.


I recently flew with one of our esteemed entrenched DALPA insiders. Very nice guy and we had great discussions. But boy did he get defensive when I brought up the feed trough and watering hole setup they treat themselves to on our dime. I called it "opulent" which he objected to, because opulent would be "like Jordan Belfort in Wall Street." Okay, so maybe that's not an accurate description. (If they were doing Jello shooters off strippers, that happened in closed session.) We were eventually able to settle on "excessive."

These guys justify it all in their minds saying, "Well we don't get to meet together and conduct union business very often, so it makes us more productive because guys don't have to scatter to get meals." I ceded the point for lunch, but noted that a hot breakfast spread before the meeting starts hardly qualifies. People can get their own on the way. And what I've seen is a long way from bagels and coffee from Dunkin' Donuts.

Cue the FPL apologists in three...two...one...

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Old 07-15-2015, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by StripAlert View Post
Umm... That is exactly what they have. Clearly you have never observed DALPA meeting.


I recently flew with one of our esteemed entrenched DALPA insiders. Very nice guy and we had great discussions. But boy did he get defensive when I brought up the feed trough and watering hole setup they treat themselves to on our dime. I called it "opulent" which he objected to, because opulent would be "like Jordan Belfort in Wall Street." Okay, so maybe that's not an accurate description. (If they were doing Jello shooters off strippers, that happened in closed session.) We were eventually able to settle on "excessive."

These guys justify it all in their minds saying, "Well we don't get to meet together and conduct union business very often, so it makes us more productive because guys don't have to scatter to get meals." I ceded the point for lunch, but noted that a hot breakfast spread before the meeting starts hardly qualifies. People can get their own on the way. And what I've seen is a long way from bagels and coffee from Dunkin' Donuts.

Cue the FPL apologists in three...two...one...
Are you a Delta pilot?

Do you enjoy where you are at in life? Your status?

Are you not reaping the benefits of the last contract that your union was able to achieve?

Do you really think they are operating any differently now than they did before?

Do you believe in trying to fix something that ain't broke?

Is this your first airline?

Is this your first contract?

Do you need someone to get you a box of tissues?

Maybe some cheese for that whine?

Tired of you holier than thou types.

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