Originally Posted by TallFlyer

So if the AIP is released for a vote from the pilot group, and it's an overwhelming NO, wouldn't that be an ever more forceful rejection of the AIP than a close vote of the MEC?

Said another way, maybe the NO voters on the MEC just see this as a way to communicate a louder NO.

In short, why is sending a poor AIP to the pilot group automatically assumed to be a negative?