Originally Posted by mshunter

Yeah, and they've been doing a really good job of that lately. I'm pro union, just not airline union. Lets face it, they suck. Look at the mess they have managed to do nothing about that airline pilots are in right now.




This is the one and only way, IMHO that things will improve. Safety will not go up, thats why there is a captain on board. Most FO's are really just gear pullers. But when the schools can't turn out a pilot who has 250hrs to get hired at a regional, then what are the regionals going to do for pilots? How many guys who know what they are worth, because they have already put the time in to get the magic 1500 would be willing to go to a regional when there are 135 jobs that will pay them better, and have them home almost every night.

Something has got to give. I say to all those who are in the industry-------brothers unite. Organize a mass walkout of EVERY airline and demand better wages. The RLA would have nothing to do but be a useless piece of paper if EVERYONE was together. What would they do, fire the entire workforce? Then who would fly?