Originally Posted by
blaine
That's a spot on description of what the real problem is. $$$
Are you kidding? That video is the most propagandist thing I've ever witnessed. This whole discourse is idiotic. It's an economic problem that solves itself. Regional airlines haven't raised wages yet because they don't have to. First, they'll try some other things: cancel flights, offer bonuses, get FAR 117 changed, etc., then, if they have to, maybe wages will be raised to attract pilots. Or maybe the cost of doing so is too high and the whole system will change. Who knows? Under the system our union has in place, raising wages isn't a simple matter. A small airline I used to work for is having trouble attracting pilots so, recently, they gave everyone a $7,000 salary bump. Problem solved. Not so easy when you're working with union contracts.
Imagine walking into a store and choosing not to buy an item because the price was too high, then being accused of wrongdoing by the store owner for not purchasing the product. That's essentially what ALPA is doing.