Originally Posted by Alan Shore

As I understand it, ALPA reimburses any pilot who does not live in the location at which he is working for the cost of his accommodations. This ranges anywhere from a hotel room at an MEC meeting, to the apartment in ATL in which the MEC Chairman stays when he is in the office, to the apartment in DC in which the ALPA President stays while he is at work.

Some amount of this is considered taxable income by the IRS, although I have no idea how much. That's not the same thing as saying that it's spendable income, any more than the hotel, transportation, and per diem that Delta provides us on a layover or while in training.