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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.
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Doesn't work. these guys seek these positions and then fight arduously to KEEP the position. Not exactly what one would consider a PITA.
Dwayne hoodwinked the line-swine (*) and took a
huge pay increase when everyone else was taking
huge pay cuts as well as losing other parts of the contract. It was another example of everyone being equal on the farm, just some more equal than others.
Many of the guys I know who are on committees are there because they believe in what they are doing and I applaud their time, commitment and talents. But when you start getting to the top, it seems the DC virus infects them and they become just another 'pol'.
(* Note- the use of the term, 'line-swine' is a term much like 'freight dogs' used with considerable admiration and appreciation for it is
they who get the job done day in and day out )