Union Dues
05-04-2020 | 05:30 PM
#41
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In addition, PAC money is about prevention as opposed to correction. Spend a little PAC money up front to prevent an issue, before a whole lot of dues money gets dumped on having to fix it.
05-04-2020 | 06:14 PM
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How many economists and investors blame the high rate of unionization in the U.S. airline industry for driving pilot compensation well beyond the level they believe it should be? The 2% is one of the best investments we can make in our careers and in the future of our profession.
Pilot compensation is driven by supply and demand. It takes quite a bit of time/money/investment to make a pilot and training to keep them up to date and productive. That's why even non-union pilots eventually either get close to union wages or adopt a union in order to implement a CBA. If it were "just the union" then you'd see upstarts able to hire pilots at 1/2 the compensation and pay them at that rate indefinitely, but alas, they'd get what's left over after the others had hired. Eventually that strategy would actually lead to higher inefficiencies that would negate any labor advantage you might have at cut rate wages.
05-04-2020 | 07:01 PM
#43
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You don't have to pay "dues". At Alaska, you can choose to NOT be a member of ALPA. In the past, we had a few guys. Maybe we still do, I don't know. If you opt out, you get no representation. BUT you still have to pay the same amount each month as a dues paying member, to the charity of your choice or some such thing, but you get nothing from ALPA. So the fella that doesn't want to be a part of ALPA has that choice, he is just not going to save any money by doing so.
05-04-2020 | 07:29 PM
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05-04-2020 | 07:38 PM
#45
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You don't have to pay "dues". At Alaska, you can choose to NOT be a member of ALPA. In the past, we had a few guys. Maybe we still do, I don't know. If you opt out, you get no representation. BUT you still have to pay the same amount each month as a dues paying member, to the charity of your choice or some such thing, but you get nothing from ALPA. So the fella that doesn't want to be a part of ALPA has that choice, he is just not going to save any money by doing so.
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