Originally Posted by
rickair7777
History lessons and professionalism aside, the block pay system allows very senior pilots (who tend to run unions), in collusion with management, to better enrich themselves at the expense of their juniors since senior trips tend to have very high block-to-duty ratios.
Senior pilots are generally going to bid for more productive trips.
What on earth does a union have to do with it?
Some trips are productive, some aren't. What is a senior pilot involved in union work going to collude with management about? To keep making some trips productive?? That's already happening.