Suck it, Duane.

[dashjockey]

did you try contacting your rep on the matter? instead of kvetching on here?
i'm not saying alpa nat'l isn't messed up, but ******************** happens sometimes man, clerical problems, lost mail, etc

 

[WSurf]

did you try contacting your rep on the matter? instead of kvetching on here?
i'm not saying alpa nat'l isn't messed up, but ******************** happens sometimes man, clerical problems, lost mail, etc

Yea... And even if its ALPA's fault look out!!! When it comes to them and there money..... Its like the Sapranos!!!!!

 

[RJP]

From the web site unionfacts.com...

http://www.unionfacts.com/unions/unionProfile.cfm?id=179
Leadership
Top 10 International ALPA Leaders & Staff (by Salary) NameTitle Total CompensationDuane Woerth President $ 550,729Jalmer Johnson Geneal Manager $ 380,771Jonatha Cohen Chief Counsel, D $ 370,957Bruce York Director Represe $ 354,472Spyrido Skiados Director, Commun $ 305,777Kevin Barnhurst Director, Financ $ 297,681Paul Hallisay Director Govern $ 293,753Kenneth Cooper Asst Dir Represe $ 288,835James Johnson Managing Attorne $ 285,249William Roberts Asst Dir Represe $ 283,820[show all officers & salaries]

Sorry about the bad formatting...

Good to know that someone in the 'airline' business is still making bank.

 

[Sig]

Sig,

Stop being a little bitch. I'm sure ALPA wasn't trying to screw you. It's only $25 dollars. Give me a break! If you're not responsible enough to check on your initiation fees then don't blame ALPA. You sound like an idiot to me and if I was running ALPA I'd kick you out for simply being a jackass.

Good day now.

Overs, you gibbering little fellatrix- I blame them for not letting me know this fee was over due, then I blame them for kicking me out after I paid. Twice.

I can't tell if it's impotence or incontinence, or maybe incompetence... go have a stroke.

 

[katanabob]

Believe it or not, the same thing happened to me. I went from "BAD STANDING" to expelled following three months and as many checks. (Two of which actually cleared. I'm so glad ALPA doesn't run a bank.)

The crowning moment of stupidity, though, was the month I got billed for my father's ALPA dues.

 

[PCL_128]

Here's a thought: how about calling the First Officer Rep of your council? Another option is your Membership Committee Chairman or local rep. This initiation fee is an ongoing problem, and I'm sure your elected reps have dealt with it many times before. I know I have. They can probably fix it for you almost immediately.

 

[EMB Skillz]

Here's a thought: how about calling the First Officer Rep of your council? Another option is your Membership Committee Chairman or local rep. This initiation fee is an ongoing problem, and I'm sure your elected reps have dealt with it many times before. I know I have. They can probably fix it for you almost immediately.

Maybe if the elected reps quit pocketing the $25 checks, they would make it to ALPA and the nasty-grams would stop. I think it is very greedy to take your kickbacks instead of waiting for them to be given to you.

 

[blueridge71]

I remember the initiation fee that you're talking about. The $25 is due at the end of your probationary year. I think that they send a bill normally.

I think that you can also go into bad standing for not paying your ALPA insurance premiums.

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As far as Duane's salary, can't you see he's raising the bar? He is single-handedly raising the average airline pilot salary so it looks like we all make respectable salaries.

 

[Hawker800]

Sue the union scum.

 

[mesaba2425]

From the web site unionfacts.com...

http://www.unionfacts.com/unions/unionProfile.cfm?id=179
Leadership
Top 10 International ALPA Leaders & Staff (by Salary) NameTitle Total CompensationDuane Woerth President $ 550,729Jalmer Johnson Geneal Manager $ 380,771Jonatha Cohen Chief Counsel, D $ 370,957Bruce York Director Represe $ 354,472Spyrido Skiados Director, Commun $ 305,777Kevin Barnhurst Director, Financ $ 297,681Paul Hallisay Director Govern $ 293,753Kenneth Cooper Asst Dir Represe $ 288,835James Johnson Managing Attorne $ 285,249William Roberts Asst Dir Represe $ 283,820[show all officers & salaries]

Sorry about the bad formatting...

Wow!! Talk about being overpaid.

 

[Flip Conroy]

Wow!! Talk about being overpaid.

Wow. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. (Although, I guess "management lackey" didn't make the list.)

 

[Captain Overs]

Overs, you gibbering little fellatrix- I blame them for not letting me know this fee was over due, then I blame them for kicking me out after I paid. Twice.

I can't tell if it's impotence or incontinence, or maybe incompetence... go have a stroke.

Cry me a river.

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

Ignorance is not an excuse. It has always been there in black and white. Those who don't choose to read are just as ignorant as those who can't.

Could this entire event have been prevented if you had submitted the check on time? Or had you?

ARTICLE IX - MEMBERSHIP FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS​

SECTION 1 - GENERAL​

All fiscal obligations of a member to the Association are due and payable as provided in this Article​

IX and, subject to the provisions hereof. All membership financial obligations and information
requests are due by the published due date.​

SECTION 2 - INITIATION FEE​

A. Each applicant accepted by the Association for Active membership shall be required to pay an​

initiation fee, except that an initiation fee shall not be required by any applicant whose membership
or representation is transferred from an affiliate Association or any other recognized union
representing pilots and flight officers, or is a reactivated member as in Article II, Section 3.
B. When application for membership is submitted within ninety (90) days after the applicant's
date of eligibility for Active membership, the initiation fee, based upon the applicant's status at the
time of eligibility for membership, shall be:​

STATUS INITIATION FEE​

Captains $ 50.00​

First Officers and Second Officers $ 25.00
C. When application for membership is submitted later than ninety (90) days after the applicant's
date of eligibility for Active membership, the initiation fee, based upon the applicant's status at the
time of application for membership, shall be:​

STATUS INITIATION FEE​

Captain $ 200.00​

First Officers and Second Officers $ 50.00​

 

[Soverytired]

Well, that and the $500,000 k paid to DW . . .

Uh, the union is there to serve YOU, not the other way around. I'm already the company's BI-ATCH, now I must be DW's as well?

It's crap like this that makes me seriously consider the "dues-paying, mx fee only" non-member option.

Ignorance is not an excuse. It has always been there in black and white. Those who don't choose to read are just as ignorant as those who can't.

Could this entire event have been prevented if you had submitted the check on time? Or had you?

 

[Dodge]

I would bet that ALPA cashed Sig's checks. What part of the bylaws does it address sending notices of bad standing after they accept your money?