Originally Posted by elcid79

RJSAviator76, Here's the thing about unions:

God forbid you have a catastrophic event in flight and the over-60 geezer in the left seat freezes or has a heart attack. So now, you manage to bring that crippled airliner back on the ground and save the day... guess what? Sorry, no bonus for you... not only do you not get a bonus, you can't even get a pay raise or upgrade to captain. Why? Ask your union.

Think Sully and his crew can get a bonus or raise from USAirways? Think again... and oh yeah, if USAirways goes under, and Sully decides to stay in the airlines in the US, he'll be an FO slinging gear for some kid in the RJ, and he'll be making 20k a year. Care to guess why? Yep, you guessed it. He can thank the union.