captnjs - not really
Southwest pilots are the best paid right now not because of a union, but because their employer has consistently made money year after year. Unlike every other passenger airline in the US. Southwest pilots are at the top of the pile, along with FEDEX and UPS pilots because their employers make money and they don't need to cut pay. Union has didly to do with it.
For many years the SW crews made less and were looked down upon by the big boys. One day I picked up an AA pilots rag and boy did they dump on SW and the SW pilots. In the meantime like a bunch of lemmings they marched off the cliff pretending that Skygods did not have to pay attention to minor details like company profits.
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