Originally Posted by
v1bang
That’s exactly right! But pilots are a stupid bunch of rabbits all looking for a carrot and are willing to step on anyone else along the way - even their own colleagues. Engineers at Virgin are striking once a week. They recognise that they’re not a liability and will get a nice win as a result. Pilots in this country should have gone on strike years ago. If pilots don’t band together now when everything is going their way from a negotiation standpoint they’ll never move forward.
Pilots are not stupid .
Pilots did go on strike years ago - does 1989 ring any bells. The unintended consequences of this strike are still with us 34 years later.