Delta Pilots Association
03-10-2011, 05:44 AM
#4604
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03-10-2011, 06:17 AM
#4607
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Joined APC: Mar 2009
Position: ATL MD-88A
Posts: 2,874
It's interesting how some folks seem more concerned with protecting ALPA than they are with protecting the Delta pilot's careers. To use the boat analogy... The Delta pilots are floating in our own boat in very treacherous waters. We have taken on much damage. The ALPA boat is supposed to be protecting us. Since they are doing such a poor job of this, the Delta pilots are considering hiring a different "boat" to protect us.
03-10-2011, 06:33 AM
#4608
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Joined APC: Jun 2006
Position: A-320A
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It's interesting how some folks seem more concerned with protecting ALPA than they are with protecting the Delta pilot's careers. To use the boat analogy...The Delta pilots are floating in our own boat in very treacherous waters. We have taken on much damage. The ALPA boat is supposed to be protecting us. Since they are doing such a poor job of this, the Delta pilots are considering hiring a different "boat" to protect us.
03-10-2011, 06:46 AM
#4609
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Position: DAL 330
Posts: 7,017
That is a Red Herring and you know it. ALPA and our careers are not mutually exclusive. It is what everyone has been trying to tell you. Its not about screwing you to protect ALPA, it is trying to make people realize that even though there are issues within ALPA it is the best mechanism to further your career.
How do we know if its the best mechanism if we never consider any options? Because they tell us so?
So lets air it out and have ALPA explain/defend its actions. At the very least maybe this whole affair will result in some changes in ALPA that benefit the Delta Pilots.
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03-10-2011, 06:49 AM
#4610
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Joined APC: Oct 2006
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That is a Red Herring and you know it. ALPA and our careers are not mutually exclusive. It is what everyone has been trying to tell you. Its not about screwing you to protect ALPA, it is trying to make people realize that even though there are issues within ALPA it is the best mechanism to further your career.
Are they willing to change? Can they change? Like all unions, I think the folks in DC are more enamored with their personal power and the thrill they get wielding it, than actually representing those they were originally elected to represent. DC frequently forgets there is a world outside the beltway.
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