Originally Posted by
cbire880
The RLA problem comes in when the union organizes an effort to not perform voluntary overtime. Individuals can do as they please, but the collective bargaining unit can't organize an effort against the status quo.
This is correct. Also, in a union shop ANY organizing effort will be assumed to be the union's responsibility whether the union or a rogue group of pilots actually did it...they actually have an obligation to stop illegal actions. Otherwise the courts will nail them (AA vs APA).