You are definitely in the minority! On one of Duane's last days as President he showed up for a picketing event for the Comair pilots. He actually told some of the pilots he had a hard time dealing with living in his two houses, one in Florida and one in DCA. He was talking to these pilots who were very uncertain of their future many of them living on food stamp wages as they were preparing to strike. Most of these pilots couldn't afford to live in one house let alone two.
He has totally lost touch. He spent eight years as President, eight years as First Vice President and god knows how many other years on full time flight pay loss. This story was told to me by a fellow CAL pilot who along with his wife a NWA pilot traveled to CVG for the event. They were both totally dumbfounded with Woerth.
I was at that CMR event, and although I didn't personally hear that from Duane, I don't really doubt it either. I'm sure it is tough not being able to get home to Florida for months at a time, but I agree that that wasn't the best time to talk about it. To me, what matters is what a person does. I've never seen Captain Woerth take an action on Capital hill or when dealing with management that would lead me to believe that he's lost touch with the membership. I do disagree with several of the TAs he signed, but I also see his point of view on that subject. Was Duane perfect? Certainly not, and neither is Captain Prater. But I still don't believe that Duane took any official actions that demonstrated a disconnect with his members.