we can and are being replaced more often now.
With what are we being "replaced"?
Only other pilots can replace pilots, and to do this requires a least 2-3 months of training, even if one is already typed, with much of that time spent on the ground.
Having a turnover, also allows the new recruits to negotiate themselves a BETTER contract than their predecessors.
There are PLENTY of jobs available now, and not near enough experienced/qualified pilots to provide the numbers needed to suitably fill them.
I have friends who are currently looking at the different conditions being offered to lure new pilots - the conditions are being changed,
upward, quite regularly now, as airlines realise they don't have access to the numbers of pilots they had been led to believe there were available.
The very fact that pilots are VOLUNTARILY walking away from jobs, is an indication of their confidence in quickly finding a new employer.
Aircraft ARE easier to fly and more reliable than ever before.[/
"Easier to fly"? In what way? In fact, there is much MORE skill needed to fly today's aeroplane, than was needed 20 or 30 years ago.
New avionics have been incorporated that required detailed knowledge for programming and operating.
We pilots are just a small piece of the pie
I never see any of the office staff at their desks on week-ends, public holidays, and often even during a normal working day, but the airline continues to operate normally - doing what airlines are MEANT to to, fly aircraft, and transport people/freight.
Would the same still happen if pilots all took week-ends, public hols, and random other times off?
The "small piece of the pie"
fender refers to is the outer crust - without it the rest of the pie will simply ooze all over the place.
(Now back to your HR desk
fender and do what your employer pays you to do, instead of fooling around on the Internet! It's lucky that you guys aren't paid for the ACTUAL time you are working productively.)