Originally Posted by
dojetdriver
With the carriers this is meant to effect, I can guarantee you that the MAJORITY of them (the pilots) have ALREADY worked at a unionized carrier. I'm sure for some, MORE than one unionized carrier.
In other words, talking to them about the benefits of union representation isn't going to do much good.
I agree with your point and there are definately a lot of scabs that flock to places like those, but it becomes a little more complicated when you try to figure out where to really draw the line. For instance, what about non-union carriers that are not in direct competition with us? Or what about non-union carriers that we have entered into some sort of code share with like Era or Frontier Alaska.
Some good that will hopefully come from this is returning the jumpseat authority to the Captain where it belongs, not with the CSA. From there the Captain can ask for a union card and award the jumpseat in descending order... Union then Non-Union.