Originally Posted by
Flytolive
Originally Posted by
Old UCAL CA
As long as the FAA exists, most large carrier transport pilots are quite likely to remain unionized in some fashion.
What do the two have to do with each other?
Can I guess? Maybe it's because without a collectively bargained contract the company would only have to comply with min FAA work rules. That's what drives pilots in startup airlines to eventually organize, despite how supposedly rosy their relationship with management is. Isn't that what Smisek said after the Buffalo accident? Hey, not my problem; they had FAA oversight and workrules, which are by definition safe, no? (No, thus FAR117)