Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
Agreed... BUT, how would you suggest to do advancement?
Id like to see all part 121 training conducted by a Flightsafety-type company, and have standardized flows/profiles for a given equip. If you fly the 737 for Airline A then it would be the same operationally as Airline B. If you were flying the same equip previously then you would only go through indoc at a new airline.
Advancement would be tougher than it is today. If airlines need 737 CAs they would put out a job listing and anyone can apply. If they hire someone without 737 experience then they have to send them to the Flightsafety-type training, but if they hire an existing 737 CA/FO then it wouldnt be required.
Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
The reality of that quote is this: if the company provided excellent pay/QOL, there would be no need for a union. Unfortunately, pilots being labor are viewed by most airline management teams as replaceable financial liabilities, and not human assets. Because of this failure to properly manage & exploit the asset that is human capital, companies in general and airlines specifically get the unions they deserve...
But... we are replaceable. We arent all special little snowflakes, we are units on a balance sheet in the cog of the industry. There are hundreds of jobs in this country which are all 'replaceable' but are non-union positions. Unions dont stop labor from being exploited, they merely provide a framework for that to happen legally.