Originally Posted by
Blueridger
You must really have your head in the sand if you think pilots have no leverage in this industry. Why do you think the airline are all outdoing each other with their latest contracts? Why do you think the Netjets was ready to initiate a new IBI when we already had a contract through at least 2026? Do you really think it’s out of the goodness of their hearts? Good luck with the rest of you career, your mindset is clearly toxic and counterproductive for any pilot group.
He didn’t say no leverage in the industry. He said we have no leverage here. Pickets and flying banners that’s all we can do. The union screwed up when it got personal having cobra pickets show up at places that had no strategic advantage except to embarrass family members and kids. Spin it any way you want but that’s dirty pool.
We aren’t in section 6 we are IBB. If the union was so gung-ho in changing the entire contract they shouldn’t have sold the pilot group the IBB scheme.
Extended days make up a very few percentage of pilots, and of those maybe one or two a year. It’s not going to have the huge effect you think it will have. I just put in for some and they didn’t get picked up in a very busy fleet and during the busy summer season. What does that tell you?