Originally Posted by
Atreyu
It's a volunteer position, not a career change. Every person in the union volunteers their time
Semantics, but EVERY pilot on the list that pays dues is in the union.
Originally Posted by
Atreyu
the top volunteers shouldn't alienate themselves from their peers.
I see your point, but in reference to an MEC chair, he volunteers to run for the job. He DOESN'T volunteer his time to be MEC chair. He gets paid to do it. And at some places (ahem, XJT), he can get paid VERY lucratively as we've seen of late.
How much an MEC chair, or other MEC official on trip loss gets paid or should get paid is the topic for an entirely different thread.