Originally Posted by
hayzel7773
Pilot strike vote has started. If successful, the unions plan on holding a joint strike with CI to create the biggest impact. Not sure that will win them any public support or government support though! .
There are almost 1,000 CI pilots(or about 90% of the airlines pilots) and ~500 BR pilots(roughly 50%). There was very little increase in registration prior to strike.
The is interesting. Under one-China policy, Chinese government has demanded airlines to put Taiwan under China on their website. Major airlines all followed this order with variance. Taiwanese government can't do much except encouraging citizens to give business to local airlines such as BR and CI. In addition to move Taiwan to formal independence, this political party has tradition of supporting labor rights. Pilot strike is going to put Taiwanese government in an awkward position.