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Old 11-28-2010, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by sailingfun
And again and again? Your plan?
You can't handle a plan!

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I want restoration.
No you don't. You always want us to work for less than our industry peers so that Delta keeps a competitive cost advantage. Just say it sailingfun. Confession is good for the soul.

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My plan is get the first bite now and the second bite in 3 to 4 years.
Where's your plan! That's not a plan! I don't see a plan! All I see is chest thumping and stomping your feet like a 3 year old!

Sorry...couldn't resist.

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Your plan appears to be to threaten to hold your breath until you turn blue.
Yeah, you got us figured out. Despite the pointed plans that any of us post, what we're really saying is that we just want to hold our breath til we turn blue.

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Show me a path to get to a restoration contract now and I will follow you with 100 percent support.
Nobody can show you such a path. You are so dead set against restoration, you can only resist such a plan.

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Old 11-28-2010, 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by sailingfun
Carl, with the exception of item 3 your not giving a plan. You are giving demands.
Item 1 and 2 are the demands. Items 3, 4, and 5 is the plan to get there. At least we all understand that you'll refuse to see a plan even when one is posted for you.

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Item 3 has and is being pursued. One step in that direction was to attempt remove Fedex from the RLA. I am sure you saw how that turned out with a labor friendly Congress and NMB.
That attempt had nothing to do with reigning in the NMB and you know it. Item 3 is not being attempted at all yet. That's another big strike against ALPA national. ALPA should be teaming up with the Teamsters, SEIU, and all other AFL-CIO affiliates to fight this in the Congress. We should push for a national suspension of service day from ALL the above unions to get Congress to act. Either labor has national clout or we don't. ALPA is too afraid to even find out.

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The rest of your plan would go like this. Delta, Thanks for your opener. We will get back to you in June. DALPA, JUNE!! Thats 6 months away we need to get meeting going now!. Delta, You misunderstood. We meant June of 2014. DALPA, Hey NMB Delta is being unreasonable and wont talk to us! NMB. We don't think so good day!
I thought you said there was no plan?

The rest of this paragraph says it all. You've already decided how Delta management will act, and how the NMB will act - so we've already lost. Since we've already lost, your plan is to beg for table scraps. If begging for table scraps is all you and ALPA national have to offer, let's keep those union dues in our own pocket. Let's realize that Delta is a 100% non-union airline. Let's stop the charade of DALPA being anything other than an organization to make Delta pilots feel better about surrendering and eating table scraps.

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Old 11-28-2010, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by acl65pilot
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I agree. We all want restoration. I also agree it takes two bites to get there. We need APA and UCALALPA to get their bites before it is our dinner time. It makes our job that much easier.
To all the lurkers from APA and UAL/CAL, please understand that most Delta pilots do NOT feel this way. These guys that advocate letting you do our fighting are RJ guys with a couple years seniority. They're only concerned about getting furloughed or any interruption to their paychecks. They've never known a contract other than an RJ contract or a major contract created in bankruptcy. They know not what they do.

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Old 11-28-2010, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler
The rest of this paragraph says it all. You've already decided how Delta management will act, and how the NMB will act - so we've already lost. Since we've already lost, your plan is to beg for table scraps. If begging for table scraps is all you and ALPA national have to offer, let's keep those union dues in our own pocket. Let's realize that Delta is a 100% non-union airline. Let's stop the charade of DALPA being anything other than an organization to make Delta pilots feel better about surrendering and eating table scraps.

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And that sums up DALPA under the LM philosophy about as well as anything I've seen.
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Old 11-28-2010, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by sailingfun
The rest of your plan would go like this. Delta, Thanks for your opener. We will get back to you in June. DALPA, JUNE!! Thats 6 months away we need to get meeting going now!. Delta, You misunderstood. We meant June of 2014. DALPA, Hey NMB Delta is being unreasonable and wont talk to us! NMB. We don't think so good day!
Then BOB would rear his ugly head....... Ever hear of BOB? If not do a little asking around to your Northern brethren. We as pilots have a lot more leverage than you give credit.
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Old 11-28-2010, 03:03 PM
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And that sums up DALPA under the LM philosophy about as well as anything I've seen.
Now the only question is: what do we do about it?

I think DALPA/ALPA is hopelessly broken. Delta management has successfully co-opted them into thinking like management through the use of secret data and non-disclosure agreements.

I think the evidence is clear that we must split from ALPA and create a DPA. We must then join forces with the other major independents, as well as the Teamsters, SEIU and all other unions that will join us to fight the NMB. This more than anything else will show Delta management that there is a new sheriff in town.

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Old 11-28-2010, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler
Now the only question is: what do we do about it?

I think DALPA/ALPA is hopelessly broken. Delta management has successfully co-opted them into thinking like management through the use of secret data and non-disclosure agreements.

I think the evidence is clear that we must split from ALPA and create a DPA. We must then join forces with the other major independents, as well as the Teamsters, SEIU and all other unions that will join us to fight the NMB. This more than anything else will show Delta management that there is a new sheriff in town.

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Unfortunately, I think you're right, Carl. Sailingfun, ACL, et al. convince me even more with just about every post.
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Old 11-28-2010, 06:32 PM
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This thread is so much easier to read with Carl on the ignore list.
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This thread is so much easier to read with Carl on the ignore list.
I was curious to try it out, and read the last few pages of the thread without Carl, and clicked on his name name because I couldn't remember how it's done. One of the things that stood out was the column called "friends".

It says "Carl has not made any friends yet".

I don't care who you are, that is funny.
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Old 11-28-2010, 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Sink r8
I was curious to try it out, and read the last few pages of the thread without Carl, and clicked on his name name because I couldn't remember how it's done. One of the things that stood out was the column called "friends".

It says "Carl has not made any friends yet".

I don't care who you are, that is funny.
Friend request just sent.

You guys are unbelievable.
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