Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
That is the beauty of it, National can suggest anything they want, but the MEC's are the ones that pay their bills and therefore have the right under the by-laws to do what they want.
That is certainly the case with the APA, which is one of the reasons this is such a good idea. We ALPA members on the other hand, have it much more difficult. ALL our local money comes from our fraction that ALPA national returns to us. If our local needs to not comport with the agenda of national, they have many tools on their part to get us to "understand the big picture." The biggest tool of all, is the power of the purse string.
If APA does not like the advice they're being given, they simply get to say: "Thanks for your input. Your bill will be paid. Now please leave."
Carl