waveflyer
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Willbob- there have been shortages- in early 2000- upgrade times at united were 3 years-getting on at a major took 3000 hours and some PIC- I've seen regionals reduce hiring mins bc they were running out of pilots in the last few years- none of those had an effect on wages however bc we do not support our unions PACs and many in fact rail against them-
we've disenfranchised ourselves bc we don't vote for Dems so they don't care about us- and republicans don't believe in unions and certainly believe that we aren't worth our money-
If you HAVE to be conservative- ok- it's idealogical- I'm not going to change that- but Rs have supported many unions- like police and fire unions- write your congressman- advocate for your profession- write your candidates for president- offer your efforts and $ if they will support airline pilot unions- explain to them why airline pilots are different from other less skilled labor unions-
What we can't do is continue to support politicians who don't support us and be surprised at our paycuts
we've disenfranchised ourselves bc we don't vote for Dems so they don't care about us- and republicans don't believe in unions and certainly believe that we aren't worth our money-
If you HAVE to be conservative- ok- it's idealogical- I'm not going to change that- but Rs have supported many unions- like police and fire unions- write your congressman- advocate for your profession- write your candidates for president- offer your efforts and $ if they will support airline pilot unions- explain to them why airline pilots are different from other less skilled labor unions-
What we can't do is continue to support politicians who don't support us and be surprised at our paycuts