you guys have a unique way of electing a President. You keep voting until the candidates are whittled down, and a president isn’t elected until getting at least 50%+1 as I last read your by-laws. So, you can have like 10 or more toss their name in the hat, and I believe you’ll have at least that many this time. Of those, only 5-6 are not currently doing some union position in the APA already and haven’t really shown themselves to be shakers and movers. There is at least one who’s never held APA positions, but has been an ALPA BOD member, MEC Chairman re-elected to three terms before he left to flow, and has a proven track record doing exactly the things you guys need right now. I’ve known him for 20+ years, before he even became an airline pilot. The MEC Chairman is roughly the ALPA equivalent of your APA President, so hes’s been doing this job very very well in the past already with measurable tangible results.
I’d highly recommend you all consider, research for yourself, and then give your vote to Sam Pool.
Http://www.sampool.com