Are you speaking from experience or are these just your thoughts? Have you been a part of a union?

What do you guys say we all make it a habit to spend time on the Part 135 forums and post pro-union propaganda? That’d be so weird, wouldn’t it?

The major thing missed in all these "union pushed pilot shortage" articles is three or four of the five crashes post 2000 had guys who had attended the pay-to-play company named Gulfstream Airlines down in FL. They bought their right seat B1900 job for $25k and got their time then moved into other carriers.

Since it's inception (1500 hrs) the pay to play went away and with it the type of people who were essentially unemployable by normal means.

Since medieval times guilds have restricted access to professions. The AMA does it, the ABA does it (to a lesser degree.) I would hope ALPA would also do it. I always questioned why they spent a dime on booths at events encouraging people to become pilots.

Pilots don't have to join the union, but you have to pay the contract maintenance fee. Plenty of non-union operators to fly for also.

There are plenty of non-union jobs out there. They tend to be at the lower levels of compensation/desirability.

Any guesses why that is, Sonic?

He wants the money but thinks he deserves it. He shouldn't have to pay the union for the good paying job even though the job is good paying and desirable because of the union. It's the peak of entitlement.

Sure it is. He's posting it just to get a rise out of people. I think they call it flame bait? You've gone after people for less. But hey, it's your show.

You want to silence and censor people who may have or at least offer different or alternate opinions than your own?

(insert Star Wars “It’s a trap!” Meme)