Originally Posted by
Flytolive
Thanks for respectfully proving the point.
"They had to pay handsomely to recruit people (pilots) away from home." Home being countries that produce significant numbers of pilots. Countries in which pilot compensation has been raised well above what the market would bear without pilot unions. Why do you think Cathay and other airlines fight against unionization so hard?
Respectfully, you don't have the slightest clue what you are talking about. The only question is whether your ignorance is willful or not.
Firstly, CX don't fight unionisation hard. They aren't able to. The weakness of our union lies in the employment ordinance of Hong Kong.
Secondly - you may wish to give ALPA credit, I get it, you're a protectionist. There's absolutely no way of knowing where we would be if the bar wasn't set by unions in the western countries.
I could easily eager an argument that we'd be far better off over here. ALPA introduced the seniority list. That's single-handedly strangled so much of our earning potential by itself.
Equally, I can wager that it wasn't the unions that went above and beyond, but the fact that they had employment laws which allowed them to do it. The unions worldwide have done nothing but ****-up for decades.
Face it, ALPA has absolutely enabled management to absolutely destroy the potential that was once there in a US career. If you don't see that, then I'll wonder the same about 'wilful ignorance' as you.