Originally Posted by
FangsF15
Thought some of you might be interested to know ALPA national just announced the second dues refund in 2 years. The refund will result in an effective dues rate of right at 1.6% for 2024. FWIW, the 2023 effective dues rate (after dues refund) was about 1.55%. Plus, at least at DL, the MEC also returned a smaller portion of its surplus to its pilots last year - no word yet on whether they will do so again this year.
Either way you choose, good luck.
Purely FYI, as an update to this. The DL MEC just announced a 2024 dues refund from its internal funds, similar to last year (for 2023), in the amount of $5M. While I don't know my exact share of that, a reasonable estimate of my 2024 effective dues rate will probably be around 1.48- 1.5%.