Originally Posted by
HSLD
2.) Pilot contract negotiations are not an individual effort. It takes a unified pilot group to apply the leverage required to reach an equitable agreement. As a group, without unity, you have nothing.
The words "unified" and "equitable" shouldn't be used in the same sentence. As a union, IMO, pilots artificially inflate their value.
If you want to look at what the "true" market value of an airline pilot's wages would be, look to non-union carriers such as jetBlue, Virgin America, and skybus.