Would it have mattered? If the union had said "don't volunteer to be an upaid mentor," do you think that would have dissuaded anyone from doing it? I'm not trying to be argumentative. I think we're all aware that the union has marginal impact on the mindset of a subset of pilots who think they are still in the military, or think they are a part of managment... and not blue collar union workers. Not saying everyone who is a mentor falls into this category.

And I'm not saying mentors are not important. I'm saying it takes a lot of time to do it right, the company is required to provide mentors, they have no leverage to make people volunteer, and I question why anyone would do it without being compensated.