Plenty of us stand our ground and are still here.
To be a door mat it is first necessary to lay down
Completely agree, but unions and management are two sides of the same coin. Sadly it has been the case in Australia since that year that pilots lay down.
I have seen tough talk my whole career, but those talking the loudest, fold first. Ask the Cathay guys.
Pilots negotiating for pilots is a big error that one union in particular is fond of repeating. Ever wonder why the other side always win?
I remember being asked by a
pilot union representative what I would give up to secure an improvement? I thought I could convince him that maybe t
here is no need to give up anything. I argued enterprise 'bargaining' had been one way for a generation and perhaps that he was too old to see what had changed.
I suspect that the next round of enterprise 'bargains' will be led by pilot representatives turning up with their customary knife to a gun fight....again!