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I wouldn't necessarily use negative adjectives like greedy and selfish.
A "pilot" union is just different than most others.
We are individualists. Self-reliant and highly competitive. We are all leaders. Generally, not good union "socialists".
This ain't the ILGWU.
Management knows all that and uses it against us. They play us like a damn Stradivarius.
That they do, but I know plenty of us that are selfish. In effect will do only what is best for them an not even give a slightest thought to the effect it may have on someone else.
You can call it diverging interests if you like, but it is how we are "played" or "managed"