When you hear a story, that either reinforces your belief or discredits it, try to ask yourself, is this the rule or the exception. Even if 50% of those facing furlough are landing good gigs, that would leave 50% who are not. In that scenario, you hear that “a lot” of pilots are finding work and also that “many” are not. Both statements are true. So it doesn’t have to be that one narrative is true and one false. Both can be true or false.

In this case, I would wager both are false. I do not think there are that many pilots finding great work right now… I also do not think there are that many pilots who are facing divorce directly from financial hardship yet. The question that might color your decision making, is what does that look like eight months from now? The answer, to me, is that there is not going to be very much work that will come close to replacing even a half time pilot salary. And I think the number of people who experience financial hardship will continue to go up. Again, you don’t have to choose a team/narrative, Both exist to varying degrees

that is the purpose of a formal union. To make rules that curb our natural instinct to take as much as we can for ourselves and by doing so, increase/better the livelihood/careers of others in our profession.

it sounds like you are skeptical if the premise of a union. Maybe right-to-work is a better model for you? I mean zero disrespect, but you are espousing views that run 180 degrees counter to a strong union presence in an industry