Originally Posted by
DashDriverYV
To those who want to be paid more...
You are only worth what you can negotiate into your CBA. If pilots want higher pay, put it in writing. Go to LEC and MEC meetings, vote for negotiators that understand that pay is what you want, don't vote for any TA that doesn't have a pay raise, and strike if needed!
We don't need to deal with it or get out of the job. We need to unite and take back our industry. Complaining on internet forums and even getting the sympathy of Michael Moore won't help our case. We are the only ones who can change our future. Stop being the apathetic pilot and blaming every one else for our situation. Take some responsibility and get involved!
Sadly its not as simple as negotiating better. Time after time the expensive regional has been replaced or threatened with replacement by a cheaper operator. The whole idea of collective bargaining doesn't work when there is a sea of separate unions all scrambling to compete for scarce jobs. Its combinging the worst of unionized and non-unionized work enviroments.
The only way we as a pilot group can move forward with the future of air travel (which is contracted, code-shared flying) is to either get the RLA changed or revoked or simply give up the ghost and stop trying the same game of contract negotiation. Sadly it will be very difficult to do either but until we do we'll all be forced into being bottom-feeders eventually.