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Originally Posted by b3181981  thats assuming you know what all of the cards are and people are willing to work for a lot less than they are worth and if they don't and move on to some other career field you have immigrants on h1b visa willing to work for a lot less. |
This is not an H1b or immigrant issue and there is ALWAYS someone who is willing to work for less. It is not only airlines. A friend of mine is a contract G-IV pilot and he is ***sed that retiring airline pilots are willing to work for less. Why? because some have some of their pensions or all and thus they 'just want to fly some'. He is not happy that some are willing to fly for less than HALF what he normally gets. It happens in all industries.
The card analogy was just that and as we have seen in recent years, the pilots and the unions (or associations if you wish) have had zippo, nada, bupkus... and they have taken a beating losing pensions, work rules, pay, etc, etc.
IF the touted shortage occurs then the pilots will have a better hand and will be able to
negotiate some returns but the work rules, pensions etc have been lost forever. The landscape has changed and it is not going back.