Originally Posted by FlyingSlowly

Thanks for your union work (unofficial or not) to advance the profession for all of us.

Those not yet jaded by the industry need to understand that the staffing (or not staffing) of an airline is the primary source of pilot bargaining power.

It is only when an airline cannot appropriately staff its flights (now or in the near-term future) that they really feel the crunch to improve pay and work rules in order to attract more pilots...

While it's not exactly crossing the picket line, going to F9 these days is almost as bad. Even if you want to go to Frontier, do your union brothers and sisters a favor: wait until they get a contract.