Originally Posted by
satchip
The fact is the RLA does exactly what it it supposed to do. It keeps labor unrest to the transportation system at a minimum thus ensuring a reliable efficient system. Remember it's all about commerce, not your wages.
Now the loony left wants to tinker with the RLA with respect to ramp and service workers. We may all decry the RLA but imagine a country without it. It's easy if you try, just look at France and Italy. Every other day there is a transport worker strike. Does anybody want that here? Sometimes it's not about you. Like it or not the RLA benefits the nation as a whole. Doesn't do us much good, but it is bigger than us.
Yes the RLA does work as intended, absolutely. But we don't need it. Name any non-eas city that would LOSE 121 airline service if any one airline was on strike. In 1936 a single airline strike would have eliminated service to dozens of metro areas and that of course had to be regulated. Todays airline industry is completely different. Most cities are served by at least 2 major brands which subcontract flying to any number of 'regional' outfits. The RLA is a relic, and if the government is not going to step in and help my wage i'd really like it if they would just allow me to help myself. One or the other, this in between stuff doesn't work.