Originally Posted by
iceman49
Go back and figure out why unions came about. So its ok for the pilots to have a union, but not for the rampers, f/a...got it, we want to make sure its good for us.
Dude enough with the bleeding heard abused labour schpeel. The point is pilots have to be unionized. We are lifelong professionals with a staggering cost of entry compared to any other work group with maybe mechanics being in the same ballpark. The rest are not even remotely close.
In addition to that, we have legal exposure and medical issues that other work groups can't even fathom and when you factor that into the cost of entry and constant legislative battles directed at us specifically no other work group comes even remotely close.
I am well aware of why unions came about. Forcing children to work 23 hours a day on a slice of sawdust bread and a glass of rusty water with no bathroom break til their fingers would bleed and all that jazz. But no one in the entire industry will benefit long term by giving every single work group the ability to choke the golden goose until it gives them every last egg. Especially low skilled jobs with near zero cost of entry.