Originally Posted by DLax85

ALPA got the final verbiage changed to "active flight deck crewmembers" (note: that's inclusive of both pilots & flight engineers)

This was as close to retroactivity as they could get

Most ALPA carriers didn't care, they no longer had FEs

Only Fedex and NWA/Delta had aircraft with active FEs

The NWA/Delta MEC did not push for this change in verbiage -- it came from Fedex