So, a corrupt union leader means that unions and unionism are corrupt as a whole? No one points to Bernie Maddof or other corrupt business leaders and says that corporations or crony capitialism in this country are corrupt through and through. Your buddies who hate their unions should really blame their employers and the RLA for forcing airline unions to work with extremely limited access to their most potent weapon, a strike.

It is not difficult to find pilots with a laundry list of gripes about the way they are treated. Many of them choose to blame the union and threaten to quit. That is so much easier than blaming the employer and quitting their job. Union gains in this profession under the RLA are measured in inches. We would be treated much differently if we could legally strike with one month notice to the company.

I am looking at the framed copy of my SKW letter offering me an E120 class date. One of the reasons I chose to work elsewhere was the lack of a union.

The Dash Whisperer