Originally Posted by Whistlin' Dan

Good luck getting pilots to do anything as a group. Amerijet is only 2 days into this strike, and already 20% of their pilots are scabbing.

So much for "brotherhood" and "groups." We are "brothers" only in our shared love for aviation, not in our committment to each other's well-being and professional success.

Besides, this whole notion of "calling a strike" may itself be outdated. It worked in the early days of the industrial age, when there was only one entrance to a coal mine or steel mill, and only one place, one method, and one employee group by which the end-product could be produced. But as we're seeing at Amerijet, that's no longer the case. While Amerijet pilots are walking a picket-line in some dark, remote corner of Miami, the company is still operating, and presumably making money, everywhere else.

If labor unions are going to succeed in the 21st Century, they're going to need to develop some new strategies for bringing pressure upon management.