It's not a union. It's a dysfunctional flying club filled with cliques. There's the management wannabes, the 150% club, the uber politicos, the boot lickers, the bomb tossers, the sycophants, the confused white collar types, the trash men, etc.

When we start acting like a union, we can be called a union. Your "someday" suggestion is a sad joke. We're like the guy on TV who wants to say something to witch in the broom factory, Casper Milquetoast!

The bleating and pleading I've heard the last few trips makes me ill. Some of the guys blasting me for my no vote haven't even read the TA, just the highlights sheet. When I point out some of the hidden concessionary gems they don't believe me. And when I show them the paragraph they just blow me off and change the subject. I remember when I was proud to be a UAL pilot.