Originally Posted by FXLAX

What about just having realistic expectations? Having a union at a regional is not that different than a union at any other airline, with the exceptions of pay and benefits. But that is ONE aspect of what a union does day in and day out and in helping individual pilots with everything from answering a contract question to helping them get their medical certificate back. If you expect a union to help you get away with stuff and be your servant that gets you top pay and benefits all the time regardless of economic circumstances, then you would be having unrealistic expectations.