surely not, yes the flight crews could do as you say and leave. The mass exodus would cause a change.
The pilots that stayed to reap the benefits of that exodus, would no doubt be so overcome with gratitude by the career sacrifice of the few, they would insist that the few be reinstated with full seniority and pay. Of course if that never happened, they could always “sign on”, you never know they might not lose the family home. The fact that they worked like the proverbial to get qualified without any assistance makes it all so easy to throw away. Easy come easy go eh?
Of course
another way we could achieve a change is to remain employed with food on the table and a roof over the families heads and fight from within. That includes using PPRuNE to get the message across to the public who have no idea what is actually happening in the industry and how unsafe things are becoming. With responses such as yours, it appears we have a long way to go.
The fact that some of the managers were once pilots does not give them carte blanche to kick us were it hurts with impunity. There is no secret brotherhood.
