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Here's what he really said: (emphasis added)
ALP: What do you think are or should be ALPA’s highest priorities in collective bargaining? Contract enforcement? Safety? Security?
Moak: There is a myth that exists that suggests that ALPA headquarters drives the agenda at the local level. That’s simply not true.
Local pilot leaders chart the course of negotiations and—through consensus of their members—make the decisions on priorities. At the national and international level, our highest priority is to help pilot leaders at different carriers visualize favorable contract patterns across the industry and provide the resources to reach a contract that ensures the greater good for the entire profession. Contracts that focus solely on self-interests will inevitably lower the high standards that this union has established for eight decades and in the end hurt all of us.
I understand your need to emphasize what you've bolded above. I emphasize this part of it:
At the national and international level, our highest priority is to help pilot leaders at different carriers visualize favorable contract patterns across the industry and
provide the resources to reach a contract that ensures the greater good for the entire profession. Contracts that focus solely on self-interests will inevitably lower the high standards that this union has established for eight decades and in the end hurt all of us.
It's nothing new that a politician like Moak would speak out of both sides of his mouth. It's also nothing new to describe ALPA's level of involvement in negotiations. What is new (at least from my recollection) is for the ALPA president to put it in writing.
Carl