Originally Posted by
satchip
Another thing about the FA and a possible union. As large and fractious a group as they are, that would make them more vulnerable to a small group taking control and ramming through contract items beneficial to a few at the expense of the many. Does this make sense?
Talk to a SWA crew about this scenario. It's commonly thought that a small militant group did this much to the detriment of the overall flight attendant group over there. Purportedly they're not above using some very dirty tricks to destroy individual reputations to get what they want, either.
They're known tongue in cheek as the "XXX Mafia". Not, as they say, "that there's anything wrong with that." Except when there is; in which case, one had best not complain.