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Originally Posted by Route66
That right there says something: unions don't listen. Neither does the market place. Have a nice day!
Hiring may not be affected by for/against decert because union members have little input into hiring. But at most airlines training is done by Union members. Just read a post by someone who ran into a Flex pilot at a major airport. He was told by that pilot the usual stuff about how they're short 60 pilots, the ones that are getting hired are bottom of the barrel quality wise, etc.
But what was new was that a pro-decert pilot who got on with SWA flunked out of training. Seems the union members doing the training didn't cut him any slack. I'm guessing a "little birdie" got the word to them about who he was. If what this Flex pilot said is true it doesn't bode well for pro-decert Flex pilots who want to move on to the majors. And again if true, that Flex Pilot now has a huge black mark on their record.
At NetJets a Union Pilot sits on the hiring committee. They don't have any input into who gets an interview, but any committee member can "blackball" a potential new hire.