Originally Posted by
nene
When it went from 60-65 we wrote letters, harassed congressman, ALPA took a poll and was decisively against raising the age, there were people on furlough from the majors at the time and the industry was chock full of pilots, yet at the last minute, ALPA said, sorry, it's going to happen so were now for it so we can help shape it (ie make sure all the recently retired pilots can come back on top). So Andy is correct. This is controlled by forces that dwarf anything ALPA and/or pilots can control.
I seem to recall a second alpa vote after several lost a pension that barely passed then congress raised no? I do remember voting no the first then the second I wasn’t alpa (went xjt alpa to f9 which was Fapa) but understood and was fine (majority rules) with it passing due to the circumstances. I was about to upgrade when that happened.