Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
The Railway Labor Act.
"The unions" are made up of pilots. IF the pilots as a whole want to do something, they collectively can either compel their elected/appointed leadership to do their wishes OR change leadership and get somebody in who will. Either way, it starts with a ground-swell movement from within each pilot group, one member at a time.
Until that time when the majority of pilots get totally fed up
and are willing to put their careers on the line...apathy from within the ranks will continue to rule, pilots who refuse to educate & inform themselves will continue to have unrealistic expectations of their union and union leadership, and people will continue to bypass the ideals of brotherhood and unity for "what is best for me - now".
In its most basic form, consider it a failure of leadership...the movement you desire requires membership and leadership willing to make great personal sacrifices for the good of the profession and collective and take great risk with their careers and families. Are you volunteering?
This is it!
Guys, before we can fight all the small battles and issues we have to get some leverage. As of right now, nobody listens to us! All we are doing now is screaming for change with our hands tied on our backs. If we had the same ability to strike as everyone else we could fight our battles and change the industry for the better. Read up on the RLA, write your congressman or come up with a suggestion to free us from the inhibitions and delays that the RLA puts on our ability to protest. You owe it to yourself.
We cannot ask congress to make the changes for us, but we can ask them to let us fight a fair fight.