I was on the ALPA Legislative Affairs Committee Workgroup at the 2014 BOD this past October. I added an agenda item to make defending the 1500 hour rule a legislative priority. My motion was backed by Delta, United and FedEx status reps and we carried the day and it was added.

The only reps to object were from regionals (no, I won't name which ones, but you could probably figure it out anyway) who whined that they were having a hard time finding qualified new pilots. The rest of us couldn't believe what we were hearing. The vote record will show it was not a unanimous vote, the no's and abstains were in fact from regionals. The roster of who was on the committee should also be available from ALPA National.