Originally Posted by
Dave Fitzgerald
Well.....union membership is optional. But the contract is a benefit. That's what agency shop is all about.
How about if you opt not to be a union member, you are no longer covered by the contract? Meaning you have to do whatever the crew desk tells you to do as long as it doesn't violate FAR's? And, since pay is directly related to union bargaining, some don't want to pay the 2% up front, how about we just take that out of the equation.
You are free to not be a member, not be covered by the contract, then paid 50% less than the union members? Fair? I think so.
The problem is, guess who the airline will hire exclusively going forward: Union or nonunion?
In 15 years after the last union pilot retires, the Republican/Chamber of Commerce wet dream will have come true. An airline of non-union rugged-individualists like Slaphappy begging for scraps — all in the name of “freedom.”