Rez O. Lewshun
Save the Profession
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You might ask APA what happens when "the entire pilot group" violates the RLA. They did a sick-out and it cost them $10 million in fines and almost bankrupted their union. The fact that you can get them to do it is moot. It's against the law and if you do it your union will pay, and your union's officers can go to jail if the feds can pin it on them.
Options...
Many a union members are ready to send their officers to jail.... However, I don't think the public is ready for criminal pilots. If union officers who break the law are willing to do so.. then are their members also willing to do so on the flightdeck? Its not what we think but what the public believes....
In addition, though, I don't think union members are willing to BK their organization.... are they?