Originally Posted by Green Needles

Not this again Bartok. You are truly an idiot to argue this. Go to ALPA and explain to them how dues shouldn't get taken out of the retention payment because it's not pay. Go to the IRS and tell them taxes shouldn't be taken out of it because it's not pay. If you can get both of them to agree it's not pay, and shouldn't be subject to dues or taxes, then you can come on here and spew your nonsense. Take your semantics bull**** to some other forum. You and everyone else here knows nobody should see a reduction in compensation for their work.