Originally Posted by
Lab Rat
Third, those big bonuses the "evil" airline execs give themselves every year are because pilots let them do it. The "this job is cooler than anything else I'm willing to fly jets for practically free" attitude is the reason airline managers can do what they do - you let them.
I, personally, did not let them. I do not have that kind of power or influence.
Pilots as a group, though, have indeed failed themselves to use the potential power they do have, if only they could collectively realize their strength in numbers and unity. And it is within management's best interest to perpetuate this.