Originally Posted by
TheDashRocks
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
I know you stated you had reason
s for choosing Mesa over Skywest, but if one of those reasons was because Mesa had union then that is a very weak reason. (I think JO and his management team is a big enough reason why not to go to Mesa)
Skywest has far better pay, work rules, and QOL. If my 2% union dues got me that last Mesa TA, I'd be ****ed.
I'm pro-union myself but there is no way I'd ever point out the Mesa MEC as an example of what unions can do for you. I'm sure Skywest pilots look at Mesa as a reason for
not having a union.