Originally Posted by
Royal
Thats incorrect. Dues are mandatory. People do have a choice to work for non-union airlines. It's what we all signed up for when we accepted the job most of us begged to get.
You don't have to pay "dues". At Alaska, you can choose to NOT be a member of ALPA. In the past, we had a few guys. Maybe we still do, I don't know. If you opt out, you get no representation. BUT you still have to pay the same amount each month as a dues paying member, to the charity of your choice or some such thing, but you get nothing from ALPA. So the fella that doesn't want to be a part of ALPA has that choice, he is just not going to save any money by doing so.