Wiley,
Excellent post. Hopefully it makes everyone stop and think for a moment about what may be around the corner, and what we as a pilot body can do to alter the outcome.
A comment on a recent event. The snap one day strike by QANTAS baggage staff. These people are a vital cog in the machine of an airline. A function that is not technical or requiring high levels of ongoing training. They receive good financial benefits and reasonable conditions. The job could arguably be described as unskilled labour. Yet they had the power and the tenacity, backed by a union, to call a snap strike against QANTAS.
Could QANTAS tech crew do the same
I'm not suggesting they need to, but if a Cathay Pacific management-aircrew relationship situation came about, what would happen?