Originally Posted by
hitimefurl
As Carl said if I don't like the Constitution then I should submit a resolution to my block rep to have it changed.
It takes 25% of my entire block (250 pilots!) to pass a resolution and then because it's a Constitution change it requires a Board of Directors vote by 2/3 of the Board to then submit the change to the Executive Board and then it is published for the membership thirty days prior to approval by the executive board to allow for member comment and then a another Simple Majority Vote of the membership is required to pass it. There's some confusion on whether I would also have to have it pass the simple majority before it went to the BoD because the Constitution doesn't address that.
I only need a simple majority of pilots at an LEC meeting to submit a resolution today. Why the convoluted evolution for the DPA?
Today with ALPA, your resolution is just "received", tabled or flat out ignored if the national union doesn't like where your resolution is aimed.
Besides, the process you're describing above is the DPA process for changing the DPA constitution, and you're comparing that process to the ALPA process of submitting a resolution at the LEC level. At ALPA, do you only need a simple majority of pilots at an LEC meeting to change the ALPA constitution?
Carl