Pretty sure DPA's bylaws prevent the leadership from using dues money on alcohol. Also, everything's transparent. You can login and see where your dues money is being spent via any computer.

ALPA makes you jump through hoops. (D)ALPA has been caught blowing big wads of cash on high priced hotel, alcohol and restaurants. HUGE amounts of wasted dues dollars. Records only show those they got caught.

This is an interesting read:

http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/re...ml#post1370026

Btw, while looking at some old posts I found this which I thought was interesting:

Ahhh yes sailingfun has been posting untruths and making bets here for a long time. At first his outrage attempts to buoy his argument. Now not so much.

Is anyone going to refute that dues money vis-à-vis FPL has been paid to DALPA salesmen now?

I have a feeling after we take our union back and open up the financials, many people's minds will be blown at how much dues money has been wasted on reps "shooting the $hit".

Agree 1000% +1 - doing union work is righteous, but should never be profitable. I enjoy a good quality of life at brand X, just as you do at DAL, on the backs of those who have served ALPA before. I'm grateful for those who serve, but treat my dues dollars like a personal ATM and I'll be first in line with a pitchfork.

What do you mean by "profitable"? Should ALPA "volunteers" be compensated for their time or should they be altruistic and give that to us?

If elected MEC chairman I will be altruistic but we have to work around my schedule. 7ER FO schedules may be OK now but if I'm forced to work more for the same money or to a higher TLV then I reserve the right to FPL.

What does that mean?

I don't think anyone minds throwing a few bones to the volunteers. Problem is the full time jobs are so lucrative that it has created its own industry. Maybe some people get in ALPA for the wrong reasons (more money, sweet schedule) then they entrench themselves like a South Carolina tick. Reference the sales job known as TA-self-preservation-2015. No other reason for the sales job other than keeping ALPA positions. You can't argue that. And you just can't get them out once they are in. Then maybe you get them out, but then find them in a different appointed position a few years later.

SF, I don't need to call you to show that reference. Are you trying to intimidate with the phone thing? The answer to your question is sited directly above. You posted that circa 2013. I can pull up the original if you like?

Do you stand by your statement that nobody has been paid FPL to post on this board? Let's have an open discussion about this so everybody can understand. Btw, do you live in Charlotte?

It is impossible for me to get the MEC chairman job because I don't really want it. I have volunteered my time to give a voice to those who want change and would do so again if I thought it was a way to help the group. Now it has become a career for the people who are politically connected. It has nothing to do with altruism.

I would give my time as I have on this board unpaid, but on my schedule would be my request. I know, I can make this pledge in a vacuum. The point is, the grass roots have been putting in a lot of time, effort and money to effect change while others are home and on FPL.