Pilot petition website...
08-17-2011, 02:46 PM
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Pilot petition website...
I am wanting to get everyones opinion here. I bought a domain and plan on developing it in the near future.
Here is the idea. With so many problems in the aviation industry I thought that creating a way to try and change these problems would be great. My idea is to have a petition site for pilots. You can start a petition on any issue in the aviation industry. I feel that a petition on regional pay would be a great start as well. Please tell me what you think! And get others to tell me what they think as well. Ideas, opinions(negative or positive) welcome.
Here is the idea. With so many problems in the aviation industry I thought that creating a way to try and change these problems would be great. My idea is to have a petition site for pilots. You can start a petition on any issue in the aviation industry. I feel that a petition on regional pay would be a great start as well. Please tell me what you think! And get others to tell me what they think as well. Ideas, opinions(negative or positive) welcome.
08-17-2011, 02:54 PM
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Who are you going to petition, and why would they listen to you?
Labor unions have well-funded PACs and ongoing lobbying efforts and you see how well that goes. How is your site going to be different? I don't think there's a lack of recognition for the problems that labor or the industry face - the phrase "preaching to the choir" comes to mind.
Labor unions have well-funded PACs and ongoing lobbying efforts and you see how well that goes. How is your site going to be different? I don't think there's a lack of recognition for the problems that labor or the industry face - the phrase "preaching to the choir" comes to mind.
08-23-2011, 06:59 AM
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I like the "idea" but feel that petitions do little to further a cause, especially in an industry like aviation. Like HSLD said, if the unions can't affect change there is little chance that the pilot group can do anything by themselves.
A great example of this is in reference to your example of petitioning for higher pay. Airline management groups are less concerned with the wants of the pilots than they are the bottom line. You have to remember that these are businesses, and like all businesses they are in place to make a profit, not to make every employee happy all the time. Unless there is a compelling reason to change something like pay, the recommendation will fall on deaf ears. Really the only hope is when this shortage hits that the gap between pilots needed and pilots available is so great that the only way to fill classes is to make the job more desirable.
I like the idea, but I just feel that in this industry its much to hard to try to change anything without the help of a union or lobbying group.
A great example of this is in reference to your example of petitioning for higher pay. Airline management groups are less concerned with the wants of the pilots than they are the bottom line. You have to remember that these are businesses, and like all businesses they are in place to make a profit, not to make every employee happy all the time. Unless there is a compelling reason to change something like pay, the recommendation will fall on deaf ears. Really the only hope is when this shortage hits that the gap between pilots needed and pilots available is so great that the only way to fill classes is to make the job more desirable.
I like the idea, but I just feel that in this industry its much to hard to try to change anything without the help of a union or lobbying group.
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