ALPA has not given their consent to this. They even came out saying while some portions of the proposal were a step in the right direction, other parts were not. They essentially gave the same response as the other unions.

As was stated by our MEC chairman on last week's conference call, ALPA decided to hold off on giving a full in-depth response because there was an opportunity to address and analyze the issue at the BOD. The timing of the NPRM coincided with the BOD allowing a full response to be developed prior to the comment period closing.

I prefer a thoughtful, in-depth, reasoned response by my union and not just a knee-jerk response. A deadline is a deadline, so I am willing to give ALPA a chance to develop a well-thought out, researched response before I add my opinion to the NPRM. That doesn't mean I don't have one already.