Originally Posted by
WakeWash
I think he meant just up and quit. Which as simple as it sounds, is completely implausible. People have mouths to feed and loans to pay off. FOs live paycheck to paycheck for the most part. Very few can go with missing even just one paycheck. It's the same reason pilots have been voting in things when their job feels threatened. Regional pilots can't afford to miss a paycheck.
Not that you were directly implying this, but nobody owes pilots anything. I hope they negotiate a bundle, but to imply somehow that people deserve something is disturbing. How do you feel about Obama giving poor people cell phones for free? Absolutely no difference.