Originally Posted by
REAL Pilot
If you really want to talk about the 80's, please call my father. He was a strike til the bitter end Eastern Pilot. If todays pilots had the same intestinal fortitude and principles, the industry would be dramatically different.
What do you think of Continentals impact on the industry during the 80's that reverberated for decades?
Carpe Diem
You're right, the industry would be dramatically different. There would probably be no unions left in the airlines or they would be dramatically weaker. Not to denigrate your father's accomplishments, career, or backbone, but the law and the times are stacked against us. Under today's rules and government, any major pilot's strike would be deemed illegal. That could lead to crushing fines and dissolution of the union.
The work rules and benefits we enjoy today are a direct result of men like your father and I salute him and all his contemporaries. Unfortunately, in today's environment, history can not repeat itself.