Originally Posted by
Famos_Amos
This is exactly why there needs to be ONE union for ALL US airline pilots. What is the point of your airline's union fighting for fair wages and work rules when it ultimately makes the airline less competitve with a non-union carrier? (or worse, another carrier represented by the same national union with pilot wages and QOL markedly below the industry average!!) It's time for all of us to put an end to management and our own individual unions allowing us to undermine other pilot groups by accepting lower pay and work rules.
We need ONE national union representing all of us; one payscale based on seats/cargo capacity per airframe and one seniority list. Too many of us have put way to much time, money, and effort into our carrers to lose our jobs to others willing to work for less.
Rant over. Need a 6-er.
The national list assumes all managments are the same. They are not, some grossly incompetent (with and without unions), and some are very skilled (with and without unions). The more profitable ones can provide better quality of life and more benefits and pay. A less competent management cannot afford to pay the national rate, so guess what, The business either shuts down or furloughs anyway. Very possible, the national union lowers the wage requirements for everyone. A lousy deal IMO. Won't even go into the impossibility of getting successful independent airline unions to match up with other carriers unions. Doubt ALPA would play either, why should they? It works for ALPA, there view would be everyone join them. Perhaps you should advocate ALPA carriers join a single union seniority list "nationalized for all ALPA carriers' as a proof of concept. If you pull that miracle off, perhaps the independents may consider joining. Good luck.