The senior pilots coalition lobbied congress, ALPA, the CAL MEC, and everyone under the sun to change the law from 60 to 65.

Then, they had the nerve to screw everyone else to save their lump sum option. We got the full court press from management, ALPA, CAL MEC, CAL MEC reps in position of trust, heck everyone.

Gee lets furlough allot of pilots on the low end, then lets change the law from 60 to 65 on the high end, then lets come up with a secret plan to hide a bunch of already over 60 pilots in the school house, then lets with the stroke of a pen transfer them back out to the line and push more and more pilots lower on the seniority list.

Holy snap your jock strap bat man.

Then, lets kill the industry with RJ's and kill the career progression of a generation of pilots. Then for good measure lets furlough some more pilots so we can pressure the union some more with scope relief and then lets call it "joint venture flying."

I've been ALPA'd enough already. ALPA in the post 911 environment did very little to hold the line. It's a shame the scabs, and the scab-lovers/sympathizers got into power in the CAL MEC. They circled the wagons and defended the things they cared about and stayed in power long enough to see their issues to fruition. By getting non-scabs on board to do their bidding, it gave their issues "perceived legitimacy." That perceived legitimacy was used to great effect in order to sway pilots on the fence. Check Airman, instructors, reps, friends of reps, etc. It was a full court press to sway votes. Management, to include Kellner, personally called pilots to influence votes.