KRUSTY 34:
While companys continue to play the "what are you going to offer us in return" game, the smart players, (mind you haven't seen too many so far), ...
Actually, that would be
zero "smart players", going on your definition. Leaving aside the question of how you would know what the "smart players" are doing when there aren't any, what does it tell you - that, according to your definition, there aren't any "smart players"?
Every 2 or 3 years we go cap in hand to these clowns and literally beg for a CPI wage rise! We have never even come close to that small and obvious right ...
Err, where did you get the idea that this is a
right? This may come as an awful shock, but we have no such right.
If more people realised this there would be less rancour over terms and conditions. And if they also understood the true nature of commercial aviation the level of rancour would be approaching zero!