Our MEC was having financial issues and was going to curb comp-days for MEC reps due to funding. So, the MEC decided if they can't get comp days, they shouldn't be using union money for things like Alcohol. This was immediately after a meal where 13 of them spent over $600 on booze at one meal. They subsequently all voted to prohibit the use of union money for alcohol.

Then, the MEC leadership began having their group meals and turning in only the credit card receipt; not the detailed recipt of what was actually purchased. There was some in fighting and debate at the MEC about it, and one of the Eagle guys serving at national told them generic receipts were acceptable.

The secretary treasurer came across a recipt for "snacks" for $471 from an MEC committee guy. He asked the guy if it was a group meal that was miscoded. The guy insisted it was snacks. The treasurer called the place and got the detailed receipt, which was nothing but a booze party... no food at all.

The MEC chairman then removed the treasurer and sent him back to line flying, and revoked his computer access. The MEC finally ordered the MEC chairman to reinstate the treasurer and his computer access, and a few months later the MEC chiarman finally complied.

During that time, the chairman had himself and the vice-chairman given permenent proxy to approve expense reports. Since then the secretary treasure never sees any of their expenses.

Many pilots got ****ed off thatthis was going on and several made a journey to ALPA national headquaters to review expense records. They found that what had previously been reported was just the tip of the iceberg. Hundreds of expense reports with well over $100 per person were discovered all with only the credit card receipt, no detailed receipts. When the reports were looked at closely it became apparent that anybody submitting one of these expense reports must be on the phone with either the chairman or vice chairman at then press the enter button, so then the chairman or vice chairman would approve it before the treasurer could see it.

The several expense reports that these guys have obtained detailed receipts for thus far have all been violations of the alcohol policy they all agreed to and passed. Several of the MEC members themselves were in attendance at these group meals, and are therefore compromised themselves as being involved in the fraudulent activity themselves.

Several of the MEC committee people from SPC, P2P, Hotels and Negotiating are also involved in expensing booze in violation of the rules, or of having booze that was later reimbursed fraudulently with union money.

National is reportedly distancing themselves from these guys; and one of the national guys who supposedly reviews and approves MCF spending is finding himself with egg on his face from what these guys did.

The MEC chairman suddenly signed himself into long term training to get line qualified, since he hasn't flown in three years, and while in training has refused to discuss union business or the finance issues. Even better, he is retaining CRJ pay rate, while goign back to his original equipment the EMB. This means he will not be seat locked when the time to flow as an 824 comes along. He will flow to AA ahead of more senior guys that bid to the CRJ, but are now seat locked for a year.