Originally Posted by
Baboon Boy
- take on new pilots without forcing them to pay for a TR.
Yes, but you've missed the point - it is not forcing if the market requires it, as there are too many desparate people who do so.
I also think, though admirably intentioned, BALPA will be of little help. Why? - you may ask?
Well, BALPA wants to raise the benefits for its workers. The best way in which to do that is to restrict supply of new pilots to the market by making it as hard as possible. Of course, they cannot overtly do so, as it would alienate their future members, if they made it to the flightdeck, but the fundamental point of a union is that it raises employment benefits, which is at the expense of employement numbers.
Ho hum.