<<If only pilots had a real union instead of the association of professional gentlemen they like to think they're in.............>>
Wouln't do any good.
Not today, with LLC's biting at the heels of many airlines.
Look at ALPA/APA in the USA.
A more militant lot would be hard to find, yet do you
really think they are clamoring for higher wages today?
What they are trying to do is keep what jobs they have, never mind anything else. If a few here think that 'unions' will keep 'em employed in airlines today, they are sadly mistaken.
If the MOL's of the airline managements today find a 'union' at the door, they could simply close up shop, and start afresh.
Can't happen you say?
Connie Kalitta did it with American International, and they guys there lost it all....401K's, the lot.
Or, CX style selective dismissals would take the starch out of any so called 'action'.
Labor laws?
For the most part, they might be fine, but the airline industry would seem to be the exception....doesn't apply here.
Managements will find a reason to get rid of a troublemaker or three, make no mistake.
Do some here
really believe that somehow airlines are exempt from the laws of the financial world?
If so, these folks have a very unpleasant awakening ahead.
Now, having said all this, it would appear that MOL is chosen to forget that you can attract more flys with honey than you can with vinegar.
Like many line pilots, he appears to have ignored basic human nature...throw 'em a bone from time to time to keep the 'union' hounds at bay.
<<They must be told how it can take as long as eight months of hard study to obtain an ATPL - even longer if you haven't got any GCSEs to start with.>>
Frankly, they couldn't care less.
Silly boy...
