They have meetings, they send memos, and err, but are they all really necessary?
Pilots are just taxi drivers for ONE means of transportation...are they really necessary?
As was mentioned before: Pilots are just ONE small piece of the puzzle.....so the universe does not turn around them (although most pilots think otherwise)..
Employers need to be a bit more creative and flexible with their workforce.
I agree-to a certain point.
What i can tell you is that as soon as an employer shows a tiny bit of flexibility, planning is out of the window, and you will need one guy behind each pilot to plan all those "eventualities" pilots can come up with...
When you plead for flexibility:
Where is the flexibility from the pilots adopting to that situation?