Originally Posted by
Justdoinmyjob
So what's to stop me, if I'm an airline CEO, from telling you to go pound sand and hiring guys who don't want to join your "corporation?" I see reading comprehension is not your strong suit. I could offer them a bonus over what you are asking for in rates as long as they leave you, and then later take concessions. What leverage do you have to stop me?
Stop and try to think a bit. If 80% of your pilots resign on the same day, do you think the current crop of airline CEOs could hire all new pilots and be up and going in two weeks? Try real hard to imagine that. As I said It AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN. Getting people like you on board would just torpedo it. You got another idea please enlighten us.
So you're a lawyer by trade. Cool story. You specialize in labor law? And what are your qualifications in understanding how line pilots think?
Contracts. I am the guy that companies hire to screw guys like you in words you think you understand, but don't. Yes I am certainly a bastard. And I am nicely retired. I was a pilot back before I went to law school. The 1970's were just as bad or worse than today's conditions. After seven years I made the smart move and left. My three close friends continued and all retired (with less money and more divorces than me). As far as "how line pilots think", too many don't. That is why there is such a mess in the business today. You go to work, you go home. No unity as a group. Like I said this will never happen so don't think, just go to work and pay my Social Security.