I'm typing on my phone so be patient with me here.

People ask why it is important to change positions with respect to the Congress. One of our people was meeting with a Senator the other day about US-EU Open Skies stuff. Said Senator said, sorry, can't help you. Then we went on to rant about his personal projects, how his state needed more funding, then proceeded to read our guy the riot act over how we were being obstructionist on Age 60. Our rep then told the Senator that we had placed Age 60 up for reconsideration. This made the Senator take a pause in his rant, and then he said the following. "So when do you want that hearing on US-EU Open Skies?"

So our opposition to Age 60 does affect our efforts in other areas that are important to us as well.

I'm not saying that the above should change your mind on how you feel on this issue personally, I'm just trying to answer the question on why it is believed that a change in ALPAs stance is important to ensure that we have continued input on the things that can affect us.