TiredSoul

It’s interesting but a pipe dream.
And I don’t need anybody making decisions for me.

SonicFlyer

protectionist rent seeking is bad

rickair7777

I'm pretty sure the RLA precludes an national union for covered industries.

JohnBurke

There's nothing "outside the box," here. This tired crap has been recycled for decades. It's entitlement.

The concept of "one seniority number" that a pilot holds, and takes to any employer, is entitled, and idiotic. Wanna be a pipe fitter? Go be a pipe fitter. Want a level of certification like a Journeyman? That's already to be had in aviation: private, commercial, ATP, type ratings, category and class ratings...all the qualifications are laid out.

One might be a senior captain at Brand X. Doesn't mean that Brand Y has any obligation to hire him, or pay him a given value, or recognize his seniority, because his seniority is with the competition...nothing to do with Brand Y.

Do military aviators get the same consideration, and get membership in the guild when they graduate UPT? Ft. Rucker? Where do they fit in, and how does it recognize their place in the industry? Or do they have to compete just like everyone else (for example, the status quo, today)?

How does a pilot's record and skill and unique experience count? How do differing rules and regulations count? A 25,000 hour VFR pilot on his first instrument flight is a one hour instrument pilot. A 25,000 hour airline pilot on his first firefighting mission is a one hour fire pilot. A pilot who has 25,000 hours instructing may not be ready for command in a widebody airplane flying international, just yet...does three decades doing something else boost him up ahead of the rest of the class in seniority that travels between employers? Should an employer have any obligation to pay, hire, place, or use a pilot based on what he did anywhere else? Is an employer free to hire whom they will, based on the most qualified or best suited or those with unique experience such as a time in type or type of operation, or are they obligated to pick from the list provided by "the guild."

I'll do just fine without my double secret masonic decoder ring and special handshake, and will leave the guild to pipe fitters, brick layers, and Brad Pitt.