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I personally am very appreciative of Bucking Bar's efforts with regard to this issue. His digging for the facts and tenacity in bringing them to light is outstanding.
I'm not a fan of ALPA or Lee Moak and this agreement just adds more fuel to that fire. ALPA either directly, or through its "cheerleaders" on this forum, claim there is no conflict of interest between its responsibilities to mainline and regional carriers.
I see this conduct by Delta management, by ALPA national, and by Pinnacle's LEC as direct evidence of that conflict of interest.
As MEC Chairman at Pinnacle I'm quite sure Tom Wychor knew exactly what he was doing, and he showed complete and total disrespect to Delta's LEC and the Delta pilots.
Sadly I have no confidence this will be overturned. I'm based in SLC and our LEC reps have a long history of being "yes" men. I'd go so far as to say their motto is "We've never met a concession we didn't like".
This type of shenanigans is exactly why I've kept my DPA card up to date and why I wear a DPA pin.
Thank you for the kind words, but decertification is not the answer. If we were to decertify over Pinnacle's agreement, we would be out of ALPA, but ALPA would still be at the table for the Pinnacle pilots.Originally Posted by Wasatch Phantom
Imapilot2,I personally am very appreciative of Bucking Bar's efforts with regard to this issue. His digging for the facts and tenacity in bringing them to light is outstanding.
I'm not a fan of ALPA or Lee Moak and this agreement just adds more fuel to that fire. ALPA either directly, or through its "cheerleaders" on this forum, claim there is no conflict of interest between its responsibilities to mainline and regional carriers.
I see this conduct by Delta management, by ALPA national, and by Pinnacle's LEC as direct evidence of that conflict of interest.
As MEC Chairman at Pinnacle I'm quite sure Tom Wychor knew exactly what he was doing, and he showed complete and total disrespect to Delta's LEC and the Delta pilots.
Sadly I have no confidence this will be overturned. I'm based in SLC and our LEC reps have a long history of being "yes" men. I'd go so far as to say their motto is "We've never met a concession we didn't like".
This type of shenanigans is exactly why I've kept my DPA card up to date and why I wear a DPA pin.
ALPA provides an excellent service and has an infrastructure which can not be replaced. The FedEx pilots left ALPA, came right back. The US Air pilots left ALPA, that has been a disaster for them. ALPA has served us well and will continue to do so, but we have to participate.
Any Rep can write the Association and ask for a review of the Pinnacle Bridge Agreement. The answer is to engage your Reps and have ALPA's processes lead to the correct result. Lets deal with the problem at hand.