ALPA or DPA, big item issues like; 1500hr requirement, rest requirements etc should be put to membership ratification. I would bet that more than 50% would easily vote to increase the hour requirement to 1500 hrs. ALPA has been going against the membership recently...this has to stop.

While at it, ALPA chairman's pay, ALPA national secretary pay scales etc should clear membership ratification as well. I am not saying they should work for less...but it should definitely commensurate with membership pay and QOL. If membership ends up with a 40% paycut, leadership should take the same. But there is absolutely no excuse for ALPA national secretaries to make more than major airline FO or regional captain pay. As a DAL widebody FO, I still don't match most of ALPA national admistrative- secretary level pay!