[Capt. Caucasian]

All right yall. Let's take a lesson on what a "Rep", "MEC Officer", and "National Officer" are.

"Rep" (or LEC rep) is a line pilot that flies the line full time. He does not get full time flight pay loss. He is paid what he flies. However, when there is a MEC meeting he is provided flight pay loss if he misses a trip for that meeting. LEC meetings HAVE to be on a day off. If you ever see a Rep in defending a pilot in the CPO, he is doing it for free. When I was a Rep many years ago I actually lost money.

"MEC Officer" is the Chairman, Vice-Chair, and Sec/Tres. These guys are full time flight pay loss. However, most MECs have their Vice and S/T as part-time flight pay loss. MEC officers are paid differently at each airline. Most use a formula such as an average of three pilots pay in the same catagory.

"National Officer" is the President, First Vice President, Vice Pres Admin, and Vice Pres Finance. Only the President gets a salary that has nothing to do with what he flew on the line. All the other guys are paid based off of their line pay. I can't remember the formula off the top of my head though.

One more catagory of National Officers are the EVPs or Executive Vice Presidents. Just like Reps these guys are NOT full time flight pay loss. The only times that they get flight pay loss are when they attend meetings that interfere with their trips.

So, when ever anyone wants to talk about how ALPA guys make "bank". There are only four pilots on the national level. Only one of those gets a salary mainly because that is the only elected position within ALPA that does not have to be a pilot. The salary is based on an average of the top three pay scales in ALPA plus expenses. I think that is very reasonable considered how much the job is a PITA.