I applaud the out of the box thinking on this, but still having a hard time with an employee’s Labor union providing the employee with a paycheck. Or what amounts really to strangers giving furloughed pilots a portion of their pay. Look, we have a lot in common with one another, and we have to work together to collectively improve our work lives, but the truth is, every time I come to work, I’m basically meeting a stranger that I’ve probably never met before. We have lots in common and get along great, but that person doesn’t owe me anything. My job is a relationship between myself and my employer. I try to put myself in the place of a 1st year Delta pilot, and I just don’t think I’d have any expectation for a stranger to reach into his pocket and give me a substantial amount of money each month. Just doesn’t seem real.
Last edited by mikea72580; 09-16-2020 at 04:29 PM.