First, we have been thru this before.

Only the MEC Chair, Vice-Chair, and Treasurer are compensated at 96 (or is it 98) hours a month. When we took the 4a2b cut, I immediately contacted the old Treasurer and he assured me that they would voluntarily take a cut. In my opinion, it was paltry.

While it was inadequate in my opinion, in all fairness, those guys did it voluntarily. If they took enough of a cut so I felt I got my pound of flesh, who's to say my neighbor would think it was enough. You're never going to satisfy everyone. You could count me among the unsatisfied.

In the end, they ended up taking about a 6% cut + or - when they voluntarily got rid of one of their pay provisions. The former Treasurer took the biggest percentage, the Former MEC chair took the smallest. While they all took the same cut, the difference had to do with what the amount was as a percentage of their total pay.....I did the numbers once. It was based on my best guess at their payrate. I pressed the old Treasurer to disclose to the membership what they did since it deviated from the ALPA bylaws on compensation. He said I could come in and he would show me. A message line went out saying they took a 7% cut voluntarily, but not how those numbers were derived. The argument was that since it was a voluntary give back by those receiving the compensation, then it was not necessary. I can't fault the logic, though it was not the answer I wanted.

I spoke with this at length with my old block rep and with Fred. If I remember correctly, a resolution was voted on but was not passed by the last MEC to cut the pay of the top three...My understanding was that it did not pass as the MEC did not want to discourage any new candidate for running for the position. One of those new candidates was my block rep and our new treasurer (take that for what it is worth). Some felt there was little likelyhood of the new MEC Chair being one of the ones who was previously compensated.

I for one am happy with the leadership we have in place. While I was adamant that the top three of the last group should share the sacrifice they were touting....since it came about under their watch, I don't feel the same about the new guys. Don't begrudge them the pay....

Some of the same guys in and out of the MEC who were upset of the lack of "shared sacrifice" were some of the same guys who actively supported the candidacy of the guys we have now. They wanted them to have the full benefit of the pay provisions.

This complaint about the MEC is about a year too late and is suspicious as it comes as we are probably in the middle of Negotiating a new LOA for HKG and preparing for negotiations. Let's not let old issues drive a wedge between our pilot group and our leadership at a critical time. If we are going to do that....then lets start with geezer bashing....that's easy
(Tongue in cheek for our more seasoned sensitive types)

This is my best recollection. Talk to your block rep and they can give you the details. None of this was done in the dark, though there were no hourly updates on Fox News about it either. Though I am not happy about a lot of the decisions of the last set of officers, it is inaccurate to say they didn't share the sacrifice............you just have to make your own decision about the size of their share. It was a concern for me then....it is not now.