Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
His housing allowance is greater than my salary. I have a problem with that. His car allowance is not too far off from my monthly mortgage. I have a problem with that. Delta does not pay for my crash pad or crash pad car. I do not get per diem while sitting reserve in my crash pad. His benefits are excessive. He makes a lot more money as president of ALPA than a line pilot. There's no debating that.
When you are on a trip, Delta pays for your hotel, rides to and from work, and gives you per diem. The ALPA President gets the same thing, he doesn't get to pocket any allowances, but it is far cheaper to pay for a car than pay for a taxi to shuttle him around, it's also cheaper to rent a 3/2 condo then put him up in a hotel for a month.
He might make more than the average Delta line pilot, but he's also putting in more hours and days at work than the average line pilot. There are plenty of pilots flying the line who work less than 20 days/month and pocket 100 hours + of pay.
I get it, that you think the ALPA President ought to do it for far less than he could make working the same number of days on the line and that while he is at work he ought to pay for his own lodging , transportation and expenses.