It's certainly more than I would have felt justified in spending. But what I would feel justified in spending is probably more than this guy would find acceptable, also. Unless union reps are eating at McDonald's, staying at the HoJo, and hitchhiking to the office, some of these idiots will never be happy.
That's the standard I was exposed to myself, and did myself, at my last ALPA carrier. Why should a rep be any different?