The LM-2 filing is misleading. It was designed to be that way by anti-labor lawmakers who wanted union members to do exactly what you're doing: turn on their own unions. Don't be a sucker.

What the LM-2 considers "compensation" is frequently nothing more than expenses. Expenses can go up or down year to year, depending on what sort of business was taking place that year, causing fluctuations in the LM-2 despite the fact that no actual compensation increase took place.

The ALPA president's compensation is based on the income of the members, so yes, when the members took a pay cut, so did the president. Again, read the resolution. It's all in black and white.