With regards to A.C.P.A. if I remember correctly there was a vote on retirement on age 60 by the member ship and roughly 2/3 supported it and 1/3 did not. By the nature of that vote the M.E.C. went ahead to support this as the memership wanted that direction.
Ah yes...the vote. This is what the vote actually said:
Do you support the MEC’s position to maintain the
Age 60 retirement provisions?
FOR YES PRESS (01) FOR NO PRESS (02)
The MEC had already made up their mind and pressed the case to the membership. No examination of the issue or discussion on the potential consequences of their decision. The membership has never been given the information they needed to form an informed opinion on the matter except as provided by those in favour of 60+. And their attempts to inform the membership result in being shouted down or simply having their posts on various forums deleted.
It is also not true that 2/3 of the membership supported the MEC. 3083 members were eligible to vote but only 1840 did. Of those 1382, or roughly 44% of the membership actually voted to support the MEC, and that was without the required information to make an informed choice. Since then 500 or so pilots have been hired who have never been given a chance to vote on anything. So where does this 2/3 number come from?