Originally Posted by
das Uber Soldat
Yeh, everyone in the regionals and GA should just sacrifice themselves and not apply, so that you clowns already sitting in your jets can be in a stronger negotiating position. Take a bow.
Pilots are paid **** because pilots are idiots. Seniority systems and bickering resulting in multiple unions mean the result will never change.
Don't blame regional and GA pilots because you're paid ****.
Seriously if you think ditching seniority will somehow fix airline wages I think granitus may be between the ears. As said above already people are undercutting the system at the bottom. HR is not going to pay higher for experience, they'll just take anyone who fills the seat. And anybody that complains gets pushed out.
I do however completely agree with the bickering unions, and like in the case of QLink two pilot bodies being directly played against each other. Which is the entire idea of diluting union membership. While the US is not the perfect place for aviation ALPA has won a lot of general rules that protect pilot jobs, like the 1500 hour rule and so on. You can only get these changes if you have either unions working together or one single union that has clout. At the moment apart from Rex where the union seems to have unparalleled support the rest of Australian aviation is moving backwards. It doesn't help that years of government anti union measures have taken much of the fight and rights from workers.