Originally Posted by
FXDX
...Its still a free country, a pilot should be free to decide if they feel the benefits of the union are worth the cost of membership...
It's not a free country. Try not paying your taxes, if you don't agree with what your government is doing.
I really don't care if someone doesn't want to join our union. But, I do care very strongly that a freeloader would benefit from the same contract that I am paying for.
I love to see non-members paying their agency shop fees. Rest assured, they wouldn't throw a nickel in the pot if they if they weren't forced to.