Young political hack,

Are ALPA guys not allowed to bid? Or should that be reserved for guys like you who sit on the sidelines and type?

Do you even know the rules of who can run for what position?

As you pointed out, AG does have a Captain bid. At the time of his nomination in September he was a First Officer. First Officer rep is the only position he could run for in this election cycle.

His bid is for the DC-9, and he's the next to bottom guy (seniority number 8115) in the category from the March bid. When the bid was awarded the DC-9 category was only expected to stay for a year, then shut down. His conversion to DC-9 Captain was delayed at his request from October 1 to December 1 (with no pay protection) so he could represent his constituents at the ALPA BOD and November MEC meetings.

So there's no scramble, just a little bit of amazement that a supposed "varsity" airline pilot like yourself knows so little of the governance structure that you've tried to throw out.