Rez O. Lewshun
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Pay for ALPA officers, can you tell me why they get what they do, is it flight pay loss and living expenses to be in Herndon for the term? If you have a break down on the exact cost and where its expensive I would like to see that.
That is right....
The expenses are reported as income. So an ALPA officer might get a living allowance to have an apt. in Wash DC. The allowance is reported as income.
Same with pilots. What is the company came to you and said "your living allowance each night in the hotel while you are on a trip costs us $50. We are adding that $50 in the formula in addition to your wages and benefits. So we will report that entire sum to the IRS."
Now you are paying taxes on $100K a year instead of $45k a year to fly a saab.
unionfacts. is a union busting website... do a search on this webboard for more info...
http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?t=53627
The mis-leading numbers posted by this anti-Labor group are intended for the gullible. Please don't think that just because it's posted on the internet, it's all true.
The totals for all of those employees reflects money spent in their name...but not included in their compensation. For example, these nitwits are including unemployment insurance payments, medical insurance premiums, dental insurance premiums, pension contributions, per diem, money spent on airline tickets, and other items that are assigned a "value" under the DeLay-initiated LM-2 reporting requirements passed a couple of years ago.
A few years ago my company sent me a statement that showed the "total compensation" and "value" of my job. According to their calculations I was receiving compensation of over $300,000 a year! They included the value of the non-rev travel benefits I had, and all of the stuff listed above. Since my actual compensation was less than half of their interpretation, their propaganda became joke fodder at my house and in the crew room.
Add up all the cost you represent to your company (using their perspective) and it's easy to see that pilots are paid waaaaay too much! Naturally, the management toads who've led many of us to Red Ink Land aren't compensated nearly enough. Want proof? Go to unionfacts.com...where the truth lives!
Info on bergman
http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?p=1021148&highlight=unionfacts#post1021148
The totals for all of those employees reflects money spent in their name...but not included in their compensation. For example, these nitwits are including unemployment insurance payments, medical insurance premiums, dental insurance premiums, pension contributions, per diem, money spent on airline tickets, and other items that are assigned a "value" under the DeLay-initiated LM-2 reporting requirements passed a couple of years ago.
A few years ago my company sent me a statement that showed the "total compensation" and "value" of my job. According to their calculations I was receiving compensation of over $300,000 a year! They included the value of the non-rev travel benefits I had, and all of the stuff listed above. Since my actual compensation was less than half of their interpretation, their propaganda became joke fodder at my house and in the crew room.
Add up all the cost you represent to your company (using their perspective) and it's easy to see that pilots are paid waaaaay too much! Naturally, the management toads who've led many of us to Red Ink Land aren't compensated nearly enough. Want proof? Go to unionfacts.com...where the truth lives!
Info on bergman
http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?p=1021148&highlight=unionfacts#post1021148