Originally Posted by
flapoverspeed
Pilots in training are still official employees and are covered by the union. There were people in my class who were paying union dues and receiving the bonus money at the same time, for multiple pay checks in a row. They were previous ALPA members so they had to pay dues from the very beginning.
That is incorrect. As a probationary Mesa pilot, they are not required to pay union dues until they have been with the company for a year. I was in that boat and did not have to pay dues. At my new ALPA represented company I do not have to pay dues in my first year, even though I was an ALPA member at Mesa.