Originally Posted by
Trip7
Feds set the rules. Feds don't set the pay. The market does. If there is still a mountain-stack of resumes on Colgan's desk there is no need to raise the pay.
I couldn't disagree with this more. The government preventing us from having any leverage (striking) through the RLA is what maintains low wages. Give this only bit of leverage back to the pilots and you'll see pay increase in no time...especially if a strike could be coordinated between different pilot groups. Just because there are resumes on the desks doesn't mean those pilots are going to be trained and ready to go in enough time to save a company during a pilot strike.