Not cool complaining about a refund.
However, I agree the dues should be lowered.
Talking about how they help our competitors it's called pattern bargaining. Just don't tell someone at the regionals for the last 10 years, ALPA is and always was an advocate for mainline contracts only. Regionals were an afterthought and ALPA regional carriers were whipsawed for years. Only now is it starting to get better, no thanks to ALPA.