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You don't seem to understand the difference between a regular commuting pilot and a national officer. When you commute, you're home at least 8 days a month. Prater would be lucky to be home 8 days a year. Duane Woerth averaged about 20 days off each year he was in office. This is a non-stop job that doesn't give you time for commuting home. You want the President, who needs to be at the top of his game 24/7 for dealing with lobbyists, politicians, and management, to be crammed into a crash pad with 12 other pilots? Bad idea. The national officers have no choice but to keep a separate full residence in DC, and that should be paid for by the Association.
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In that case he actually lives in DC if he only spends 8 days in his other home a year. I'm not begrudging him having a housing allowance paid for by the Association but just pointing out that it should be considered part of his compensation. If I were to get a job that had me working in DC I would be expected to find my own housing. I was just being cheeky when I said he should get a crashpad, and primarily because I thought it would be funny to see Prater in a crashpad.
I am asking our rep to vote no for the dues on 401(k) proceeds. Income put in a 401(k) isn't taxed by the government (if you elect pretax income) so I don't think it should be taxed by the union either.
But, if it passes it wont be a big problem -- all I will do is declare more of a dues amount (which are tax deductible) at the end of the year.. so in that respect if it does happen I guess I would rather have ALPA have the money than the US government.