Originally Posted by
threeighteen
Eh, it's really not. Crossing a picket line and voting in a concessionary contract both serve personal interest at the expense of other pilots. One is considered scabbing and the other isn't, but both are selfish maneuvers that come at a cost to the industry.
protect junior pilots from furlough and hold the line against the company:
Keep full pay to last day. ALPA increases dues to 20% of paychecks. Junior pilots get furloughed. Senior pilots are paid the full amount by the company. ALPA gives the extra 18% to furloughed pilots.
Endgame is that the payrates never went down, but pilots are taking home what they would if they had given in to severe concessions. Furloughs allow the company to survive, pay rates are not compromised, and instead of forcing the junior pilots to act in self-interest at the expense of the industry, they are taken care of by their bretheren in unity and fraternal sacrifice.
"quit acting in your self-interest, you're hurting the industry" is a lot easier to swallow if the people saying it are making up the difference out of their own paychecks.