Wrong, ShortfinalFred, a few less enlightened folks simply cannot see the airline forest for the trees, and as a result, are left waiting at the train station long after the last express has departed.
BALPA is amongst these folks, and it ain't likely to change.
A pilot union does not dictate to airline management.
Not ever.
Just look at BALPA now.
They can't even pay a reasonable pension to their employees.
Bankrupt ideas, in more ways than one.
I simply state the obvious...like it or not.
Now, least you think I'm one-sided, I don't think much of American pilot unions either...ALPA, APA, etc.
In these cases, the US pilots unions have proven time and again that, they are out to enrich themselves, at the expense of the pilot employees they purport to represent.
Last edited by 411A; 9th Jun 2008 at 02:01.