This isn't something that is going to be fixed quickly, Colonel. There appears to be a consensus opinion that pilots - like any other group - need to be UNITED if they are ever going to again be able to achieve anything.
The battle against pilots, on an international basis, has been going on for many, many years.
Remember Frank Lorenzo and Continental, then Eastern?
How about Murdoch, Abeles and Ansett, TAA, East-West and IPEC?
Then, in the same year, it was the Air New Zealand pilots' turn.
Ansett New Zealand copped it back in 1999.
Cathay pilots were assailed by Eddington back in the mid '90's, and again within the past 12 months.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the American pilots are still fighting to retain long held conditions.
The airline managments are united - the name of the organisation escapes me at this time.
Pilots WERE united in greater numbers, at one time, when most pilots belonged to ONE association in their country, which was an IFALPA associate.
Individual company unions are a start, but I believe that they need to come under the one umbrella.
The Australian Federation of Air Pilots (AFAP) provides ALL of that, and that was why it was important for the employers to try to break that unity.
The ONLY way to effect change for ALL, is for EACH pilot to join the SAME association that represents PILOTS.
IMO that association - for professional pilots - is the AFAP.