Originally Posted by
texaspilot76
I disagree. Just because your union doesn't like something and wants to picket does NOT mean that everyone you work with agrees with you. Unions have a mafia mentality. Placing people on a list or denying jumpseats is a scare tactic that makes a lot of people support union causes whether they believe in it or not. I personally have flown with several captains that hate the union and their politics but are afraid to withdraw their membership in fear of retaliation (such as things discussed above).
I am not invloving my beliefs in this post. I am not saying whether I personally agree with union issues or not. All I am saying is that people have a right to make their own choices whether you believe in what they do or not.
Being non-union doesn't make you a scab. Sure, the J/S has been used as a scare tactic during labor negotiations, but the non-union guy isn't necessarily harming the process. The guys who crossed a picket line are the guys most pilots have a problem with. We all know the RLA makes labor actions difficult if not almost impossible. So to have a strike, you have to be in a real bad situation and have a good reason to strike. That stuff isn't just union/management propaganda, it's serious business.