Originally Posted by jc73drvr

The questions I ponder the most, is simply, why don't we as a group of professional airline pilots band together and do our best to change things.

Here's what I mean, there are a dozen or so unions that represent in our industry. If we solicited our unions to improve the things that matter to us as a whole then our industry could stand the chance of improvement for every airline pilot.

Look at the group that represents doctors (the AMA). They do a pretty good job within their profession. How many doctors do you see furloughed? How many doctors work for very low wages. Not trying to say we are the same but they are represented as a whole, not just individual sects.

If we as a group, help our industry, we help ourselves. I think that if we just throw the burden on the unions and our companies to improve things, then we really aren't setting up for any real sucess. It does take a group effort to improve things.

I really hope that more furloughed pilots find flying jobs so they don't have to become truck drivers.

By the way, I have heard that Vision is not a bad place to work, pay and benefits are left up for decision, but I have heard they have a good bunch of pilots and the flying is good.