Originally Posted by
PCL_128
Carl, sorry for the delay in responses. Some of us are actually working to make things better for pilots instead of just complaining on the internet, though.
Some of us are, but you certainly aren't. You're the guy who paid for your job flying the beeches at gulfstream aviation, then joined that top-notch airline valujet/airtran, then hit the lottery by being bought by Southwest Airlines. Yup...you sure have done a lot to better the profession.
Originally Posted by
PCL_128
I'll wait patiently for your example of the NMB allowing a strike for either a 52% increase or a 100% increase to pilot payroll costs, though. Since I know neither example exists in reality, I won't hold my breath.
Nobody could answer that question and I'm sure you knew that when you asked it. There's no way to back through 70 years of contract negotiations to prove or disprove that. But here's something that should be much easier to prove: When has there ever been a time (even in recent history) that the NMB has refused to mediate, and refused to release the parties to self help? Answer: It has never happened to my knowledge...and that's the point of this conversation.
The NMB is plowing totally new ground here and it is a very scary thing for labor. It's not for you because guys like you think increases in pay and QOL might hurt the profession, so you laud the NMB's new anti-labor stance. But the rest of us are alarmed by it.
Carl