Originally Posted by
pilot64golfer
Exactly. Why then didn't we get 24 month grandfather rights for all the surplusses we've had? Because the contract already covers that. But a base closure and reopening is a flush and that wasn't covered in the contract, so the hole had to be filled with a MOU.
Hmmm. Section 8-H of the UPA
Opening a Category or Closing a Base. That seems to be the exact situation you describe. It was already in the contract. The MOU was a special deal and should not have been done for the exact reasons Allen is against the IAH deal.