Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
No.
It is just a natural characteristic of highly autocratic power structures to ignore the rules when the rules don't suit them.
In the past I have defended our union's mechanisms to resolve conflicts of interest internally. Now I am defending our Constitution and Bylaws with the hope we can resolve our problems and avoid handing a winning platform to ALPA's enemies.
The next step is autonomous changes to the constitution and bylaws by national to correct this little problem in the future. Far fetched? Not as far fetched as I would like it to be. Draw some coralaries here to other governing bodies as you see fit.