Originally Posted by
TheManager
Those would be accurate statements If not for one significant fact.
No one at Herndon is compensated on the level we are on the line. They are all well above, including many on the clerical staff.
IF, no national union officer made more than the highest ALPA paid air carrier line pilot rates for the seat they hold or the equivalent plus 10%, then a true hypothesis.
When their compensation and benefits are aligned and similar to ours, ours will progress at a better rate.
Simple fact.
Simple and completely irrelevant.
The staff in Herndon are not airline pilots. Why should they be paid based on your arbitrary metric for workers in an entirely different profession?
At this point Lee Moak does not want his job for the next term. I would guess part of the reason why is that he has a new skill set which pays better than "pilot."
Among we pilots, several high level administrative braniacs have returned to line flying because line flying pays more. More time at home, more greenslip opportunities, they wonder why they ever decided to serve when the cost of service was almost $100,000 from what they enjoy flying.
We have several "volunteers" here on this web board and some who are considering service. The truth is, whether one aspires to greater things, or wants to fly, ALPA work is humble service.
IMHO the DPA, would confront this reality very quickly. If someone would have to be an idiot or a zealot to perform that work for that pay, then ....