Originally Posted by
ewrbasedpilot
Funny how often this comes up. What most don't realize though is that we could've spent $100,000,000 on fighting this, but Bush was going to sign it whether we liked it or not..............plain and simple. Why waste money on something you KNOW is going to happen anyway. We talk about all the money being tossed away, yet we're okay with blowing money on a losing proposition? Seems pretty dumb to me.................
Absolutely 100% spin. I wasn't asking ALPA to spent $100,000,000 fighting the Age 65 rule. We were going to lose that fight. The age was going to change, I agree with you on that fact. However, you DON'T change your position just because it's a losing battle. Do you think ALPA is going to suddenly support cabotage just because they are on the losing side? No way.
Prater was elected on an Age 65 platform. He spun polls, stacked his "Blue Ribbon Panels", and spewed all sorts of BS about supporting the change so we could control how it was written. Apparently it worked on you. The majority of us saw right through this for what it was... A political move to get around the simple fact that the majority of ALPA pilots didn't want what ALPA National wanted. Something I will NEVER forget.