Pilot group contract negotiating representatives should be appropriately qualified lawyers hired directly by the pilots they represent and not employed by the airline they need to sit across the table from in negotiation.
Totally agree Free Thinker!
When I mentioned that exact thing to my union, I was told that "only pilots can truly appreciate the clauses being discussed during the meetings". That sounds like code for "we don't want to expend the resources required to do that".
Aren't unions supposed to be the barrier that separates employees from the punitive claws of the employer anyway?