Originally Posted by
davidclarke
What I can say that in the last decade I have been a union member I would have had no less than 50 interactions with them, and most of the time walked away disappointed. I got to the point that I felt like a pest. Looking back most of the issues I brought up were valid, but unfortunately the union put it in the too hard basket.
You can have the full backing of the rank and file, but without solid leadership and guidance from a strong union we are not united.
PM me and I’ll send you my phone number. Guarantee that I won’t consider you a pest. I may ask what you’re prepared to do to help though.
The ‘union’ is all of us. It is not just the ‘leadership’ of the union. And it takes all of us to be successful.
Hopefully those who criticise have at least put their hand up at some stage to be part of the solution.
There can be a lot more said about the current industrial situation and certainly a significant pilot shortage in the USA (and the fact that the pilots actually negotiate under the Railway Labor Act of 1926) is of benefit to them. Perhaps that is best left for another day when I have a spare 3-4 hours- so likely not for a couple more years!