Originally Posted by
sdj1986
Ummm yes, do you??? How did you become a professional pilot without understanding how percentages work
Imagine a pilot is making $200/hr and paying 1.5% in union dues. He is paying $3/hr to the union. Now assume he gets a 30% raise, and union dues are still 1.5%. he is making $260/hr, and paying $3.90 in union dues. Let me know if you need any more help with 7th grade math
And to the people saying this is too small an amount of money to worry about, please feel free to send me a tiny fraction of your paycheck every month.
A typical united NB captain is paying in the ballpark of $4000/year in union dues. Lets say a 30% raise would equate to about $1200/yr extra in dues. A 35 year old would pay $36,000 over the course of a 30 year career. And if that money was invested in a s&p fund returning 7% a year, that comes out to about 77k.
I knew pilots were bad with money, but sheesh you guys are something else!
Would you prefer we have no union? is that what you are saying?
You realize that the dues go toward paying ALPA volunteers to do work on your behalf. Safety committee, security committee, hotel committee, etc, etc. ALPA pays them the same rate to do the work they do. So, if our rate goes up, so does the expense of operating the union.