Originally Posted by
krismiler
The current times are unprecedented and sacrifices need to be made, bend a bit to avoid being broken.
Yes, I agree.
Originally Posted by
krismiler
Stick together and when the good times return you will have a strong and established union already in place to do some hard bargaining and make up lost ground.
No, sadly if you give something away, you'll never ever getting it back
that's why I won't be able to retire in 20 years unlike grey captains I fly with, they sold my retirement age and allowed a dozen new lower paygrades below them in the last recession as these didn't matter to them. Golden times are long gone.