Originally Posted by
CBreezy
I've never really thought about that. So, what would happen if, say, Skywest, had a sick out? Or if they were given terms they didn't agree with and, instead of organizing a union, walked off the job? Skywest could fire them but would in the current hiring environment would be getting themselves in a world of hurt due to lead times for new hire pilots.
Someone on this forum proposed doing just that a while back, don't remember who. Back a while ago there was a bunch of polls. Something along the lines of 'let anarchy reign' without the union.
Why does a sickout even need to be organized without a union, pilots would be free to just do their own thing, they either show up for work or they don't. Many airlines have raw PTO, no need to even refer to it as "sick".