Originally Posted by
Uplinker
I don't know what the union situation is at Wizzair and others, but it is high time the union stepped in, grew some teeth and started taking positive action. Not just at Wizzair either.
Unfortunately a lot of pilots believe themselves to be too clever and/or are too cheap to join a union. We're even worse in the European theatre where ECA is fighting valiantly but with a lot less money than our employers spend on lobbying Brussels. Some things like policies against self-employment need to be lobbied / fought for in a kind of "coordinated dance" between Brussels and individual member states, some of which lack a functional pilot union.
Given the right resolve and coordination we could enjoy significantly better working conditions a lot less downward pressure but as a group we're just too stupid. The last time I looked at the figures less than half of European commercial pilots were in a union.