Three Bars.
My point is that Geoffrey Thomas also writes for ATW & AA.
Don't think that I'm disagreeing about the validity of your question. (
apache take note!) On the contrary, you have as much right as the next industry to get air time for your grievances. I'm just saying that the average punter probably still sees aviation as a "mystery" and
does think that pilots are exorbitantly paid. An industrial dispute...dare I go there...will probably get lumped in the same category as Pollies getting a pay rise.
Now, to apache's questions;
a/ Isn't that up to you & your colleagues?
b/ See (a)
c/ Perhaps the question should be Why haven't other similarly responsible industries adopted a practice like this?
c/ Don't know. Resolve (a) and find out.
now you think that the plight of a MAJOR TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE in modern society is not newsworthy ???
No. I didn't say it wasn't...
...I'm saying that your average newspaper wouldn't. Fog closing an airport, for example, might get a run on the evening news but it'd never lead it. Train cancellations & shutdowns would lead though.
If
I didn't think it was newsworthy, I wouldn't have responded to the thread.