Pendekar, agree with you 100%. As for b737400 don't get your hopes too high. Do know the current mob in Mapa; just biding time to spring a coup ala toady. Years of association and flying with these guys allow me to form this opinion and I am sure many in the know agree with me. Having said that, your suggestion that the EXCO's expenses should be covered and an allowance be made for those days spent on association business is a good one albeit mooted a long time ago already. The quetion is how to manage it. We all know the time when the bhai guru and cohoots pocketted funds meant for the annual dinner etc; day light robbery but nobody took charge to order a scrutiny and so dedicated Mapa members came away fools.