I sent the following to my LEC rep with copies to the three MEC officers and the other LEC blocks reps. We can burn up the chat forums all we want, but staying in touch with your MEC and especially you LEC reps, in my opinion will have the greatest chance of success. Hey, I'm not asking to keep the Age 60 policy or asking to overturn it. All I want is a collective stance from this union arrived at through the procedures published in our By-Laws. Have a recorded vote on the issue and let our MEC Chair take that info the the big meeting at the end of the month.

Why are they afraid of having a recorded vote?

"DUMP THE PAC"

My email follows...

Thanks for taking the time to chat over the phone yesterday. I hope some headway has been made towards having a recorded vote by our MEC on the proposed change in ALPA's Age 60 Policy for three reasons:

1. I feel it is very important for our Chairman to have the results of a vote in his pocket prior to his leaving for the Executive Board meeting later this month. How he votes as compared to how our MEC voted will say a lot about how this MEC operates.

2. It is important for our rank and file membership to experience an occasion where the MEC arrives at an important decision using established procedures as written in our By-Laws. This is to important an issue to be determined by a voice vote, hand count or head nod. It needs to be a recorded vote, with the results made public. Our membership needs this...our membership deserves a recorded vote.

3. Finally, a recorded LEC vote on this issue will allow the rank and file to see just how responsive the LEC block reps are to it's respective members. As with the first reason, we need to see who the LEC reps work for, their block members or others.

Without a change, the current method of operation is beginning to look and smell like "back room politics". Please continue to press for a recorded vote.