Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
Free market wages aren't going to come to aviation because the aviation market isn't "free"...and regulation has a heck of a lot more to do with that than unions do.
Ive been a professional pilot for thirty years and I'm unfamiliar with any regulations that require unions and seniority lists as a requirement to manage an airline.
Regulation has absolutely nothing to do with it. In fact powerful regulations mean unions are even less necessary.