Originally Posted by Sunvox

Just for the edification of those who don't know their airline history well enough be advised that it wasn't too long ago that people posted illegal job action ideas on a UAL pilot forum and those people were taken to court by United management and lost their jobs (I'm happy to report they ultimately got their jobs back, but they were in fact out of work for some time).

In any case the RLA is quite specific in what labor unions can and can not do and when they can and can not do certain things. Right now no pilot group is any where close to being allowed a "job action". So . . . anyone at a major airline today who is dissatisfied with the current state of affairs MUST stay within the confines of their current contract.

If this story is news to you as a pilot, try talking to those of us who have been around awhile to better understand the current process and where we are in said process. We are not helpless, but illegal job actions are silly ideas and not helpful.