In 07 or 08, ALPA polled all of us about age 65. We voted no. The then current ALPA leadership supported it, despite the desires of the membership.

Large employee groups have lots of negotiating power. Outsourcing RJ's to lower paying regionals instead of fighting to keep them at the mainline has been disastrous for thousands of regional pilots, and our profession. Ask a ACA, Comair, or soon to be former Eagle pilot.

I would expect a former LEC rep, or anyone associated with "ALPA work", to disagree with me.

Then there is the fact that our current Sr VP of Flight Ops spent almost his entire airline career in Herndon VA.