cxorcist
We should expect better and be willing to back it up with the force of a unified pilot group
That's been tried, perhaps before your time here. The result is the subject of a very readable book and an on-going court case. It was also tried in Oz in '89. Look what happened there and that was in country with strong labour laws, strong unionism and a Labor government in power at the time. Look what's happening in QF now.
So, without wishing to appear defeatist, perhaps this might be a time for the sort of leadership that you said has been so sadly lacking in the other thread you referred to. This time, naturally, that leadership would need to come from a different group.
P.S. Have you read Don Quixote?
