Originally Posted by
eaglefly
The way things are going ALPA dues will be 5% of salary soon to pay for it all. Considering most pilots REDUCTIONS in compensation likely coming in the future coupled with possible raises or at least cost-of-living INCREASES for ALPA staff, I think we'd all better start looking for second jobs.
Yep. Pretty frustrating when ALPA's major expense is defending against frivolous lawsuits; which BTW, I also put the lawsuit which ultimately resulted in the $44m recent settlement in the same light. ALPA couldn't afford to lose, so they settled, but it was still frivolous, imo.
The joke about how the Grand Canyon was formed, sadly, gets proven right time and time again.
We are our own worst enemy.