Originally Posted by
Phuz
Flat pay would help, seniority/longevity transfer would be great, those are all up to us and our unions to achieve. But the RLA is the one thing that our lawmakers can fix. We elect these folks and they do squat to help us. Last time I checked trains just went fast and slow, our aircraft do a bit more than that. With all that this job requires of us (dont forget TAFB) I don't buy into subsidizing the 'greater good of the country' by sleeping in a van and eating rice and beans for dinner while barely keeping my lights on at home.
So quit and go get a real job. Stop expecting anyone to do squat for you and get off your butt and do it for yourself. If you are eating rice and beans then become something else. Quit yer you know whating.
The RLA is there for one reason and that is to keep the trains and planes running on time. It was enacted in the wake of a railway strike 1921. It has nothing to do with your wages. You make crap because you can be replaced in six months by some wet behind the ears puppy mill grad with 250 hours and a commercial ticket. It's pure supply and demand. The seniority system doesn't help either. Makes our skills not portable. But you and I entered this field knowing that. So if you don't make enough to support yourself in the lifestyle in which you have become accustomed, then get the heck out.