Originally Posted by
C11DCA
Agree. At the end of the day we are united as pilots until it affects our individual airlines either positively or negatively.
And it happens within a specific airlines pilot groups as well, especially when it's contract time. "I want pay...I want work rules....the contract prevents me from earning more....the contract saves my job.....". See the mini ****storm that just happened on the widebodies, when the SSC determined they no longer had to grant a contractual waiver in order to build PBS lines. Pilots complaining that ALPA was forcing a 10+% paycut because instead of 90 hours, they could only be awarded a max of 80 per the contract. We are our own enemy.
Herding cats is easier then getting pilots to agree on something, let alone pilots at competing carriers.
It wasn't as much about pay as it was days off. Lowering the line value forced lower time trips onto all the lines (due to the ultra long flights on that fleet) resulting in more days at work for less pay for most senior people.