Originally Posted by Iregretnothing

I understand how percentages work. That’s why I worded my question in terms of percentages and not pure dollar amount. Obviously 10 percent of $100,000 is more money than 10 percent of $50,000. I understand that a Captain inherently will pay more overall money in dues because he makes more money. I’ll try and further explain my thought process. Let’s say that a Captain has been spending 5% of his paycheck towards representation in ALPA. ALPA negotiates everything for him and as a result he will benefit from whatever gains the union gets. The same can be said for an FO who also spends 5% for such benefits. Now all of a sudden we decide that the captains get a 30% raise while the FOs only get 20%. That means that the captains received a bigger benefit for the same rate of investment. The FO did not receive the same outcome for his investment as the captain. That’s what I’m trying to say. So if the FOs are not going to benefit as much for their investment percentage wise, maybe they should then be paying less of a percentage in dues. It’s the most obvious way of discriminating against and alienating half the pilot group. So while we can talk all day about how doing such a thing might fix the upgrade problem for the company, it would create a problem for half of us and is not representative of the term “unity.” I’m open for critique of my opinion but please understand that I know how percentages work.