Originally Posted by
WhiskeyTangoF
With the internet, and social media, why aren't we doing more and standing up for ourselves? How hard would it be to start some sort of grass roots movement? Teachers can shut down schools, and UNION construction workers can disrupt my commute by shutting down construction projects if they don't get their yearly raises. A guy driving a very complex vibratory asphalt compactor makes more than some new regional captains, and most work seasonally.
There are literally tens of thousands of <25 year olds chomping at the bit, to live in crash pad for 20+ days a month, fly a 121 jet, that are ready, willing, and able to work for cheap. They justify it with the rationale that it will just be a temporary "stepping stone" for them, because the stars in there eyes of making it to a major airline someday blind them to stark reality that tens of thousands of others have experienced.
This pool of labor will continue to undermine and devalue the efforts of the rest of the industry to raise compensation, not just at thier specific place of employ, but industry wide.