From what we have been told in the east, there was a total dues revenue of 11 million being paid to ALPA from the East side only. I can imagine about half of that going from the West. So figure that is a loss of 16.5 million to ALPA.

One thing I have learned in business outside of the aviation world is that, it is far cheaper to take care of your clients than it is to drop the ball and lose those clients and thus have to find new clients.