Originally Posted by
Bozo the pilot
Hey Q,
I would vote no over work rules/pay/retirement/scope/health care but I have to vote upon a preponderance of the contract.
In other words, you would be a no vote if most of the above listed were within reason, but the words "a pilot shall not clean" were not included?
Thats absolutely ridiculous.
Please tell me that you were exaggerating.
I am not exaggerating.
What WE know: the status quo of dealing with contracts doesn't work.
What I know: I personally deal contracts all the time and I make
no compromises. Victory or death. The problem is that most pilots are just
victims of people who make contracts and thus become
defeatists by virtue of inexperience.
Pilots are so trapped in their preconceived notions and experiences shaped by contractual tablescraps that their sense or normalcy is patently false and based on a "race to the bottom" syndrome. Mine is not. I am not of this industry and I will work to completely reshape it so that we are respected as true professionals. I will not tolerate the
Stockholm Syndrome that most pilots seem to suffer from.
These are not difficult contracts. They are
not rocket science. Fortune 500 companies make significantly more complex contracts every day. ALL transportation sector contracts are essentially
drag-and-drop with only minor variations. There are no new concepts to explore.
These aren't contracts to colonize the moon.
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