Originally Posted by
b52dthdlr
in any vote ALPA puts to the membership ideally the turnout is 100%. it shows how much the membership is engaged. I would submit that a 100% voter turnout on the type of fruit they put in our crew meals (I would vote "not rotten") would send a clear message that everything is important to pilots, and dissuade management from trying to sneak something by us.
My point is that a big chunk of the membership is NOT engaged, a big chunk (most) of the time. Expecting otherwise has proven to be a losing proposition. I think this votes turnout highlights that.