Now that I think about it.. either way the membership is going to be dis-satisifed with the end result.... screwed if you do-screwed if you don't
Ohh Wow! That just occurred to you?! Your battlecry is "fixing ALPA"? You better start with something a little easier, you ain't even close!
ALPA had a choice. Do what the membership majority wanted, keep the union on track, strong, and unified.
OR?
Act in spite of the membership and seek to grant the most senior a secure payday that NO OTHER MEMBER is going to see! Senior ALPA captain's career earnings to age 60 are almost twice what anybody under 40 can remotely expect. Now they are going to get another million! This is the antithesis of how a union is supposed to work. It is what undoes collective bargaining. It is like a picket line that is going to be crossed. These pilots will have the same effect on union unity, and collective bargaining that replacement workers would have.
It is NOT: half the list is happy and the other half isn't. It is half the list is happy, and the other half is supposed to RETIRE! If you can't understand that, then NO age limit is ever going to work.