Originally Posted by DigDug

Its a fantastic idea to promote big picture thinking for the profession and to promote solidarity. But to really back that chatter up you have to identify the priorities required to achieve your goal and then get busy. You CANNOT expect ANY useful percentage of pilots to back you up the way you are spouting about above UNLESS and UNTIL you/us/we do something to dismantle the meatgrinder. "You" have negotiated and perpetuated the meatgrinder by crapping on the new hire with obscene pay in the first few years while the deregulated industry continues to churn and toss people back out into the hopper feeding that meatgrinder. Seniority rules and until "you" get after a national seniority plan of some sort to correct the deregulation meatgrinder the start-up will continue to have a strong pull.

Do you really have any doubt that each guy out there is doing his best to make the best choices he can from the options available? Do you really expect anybody to substantially "sell himself short" to uphold your ideals for the profession? Jam the gears of that meatgrinder first, THEN try to talk solidarity to the "applying for a job" crowd that includes 20+ year veterans looking at a $2000/mo "fresh starts" in this furlough and fold industry.