That is your union "brotherhood".

It is unfortunate that the economy evolves ever more quickly. Most folks have had to get used to the idea that their jobs are very likely to be temporary. We (GG & I) reinvent our business every five years or so -- otherwise, it would dry up.

The mechs would be much better positioned to preserve their jobs today if they had stayed allied to the "lesser breeds" seven years ago. Alas, they were "better", and cut the ties to their unskilled no-longer brethren.

We have lots of friends in publishing and bookselling. Many, many years ago the publishers and booksellers discovered that more than enough people LOVED working in those jobs that they could pay peanuts. Well, for really high level folks, macadamias. That is the way it is. You work at editing, you have another source of income or you live poor, but you love it.

Airlines have learned that enough folks LOVE working on airplanes that they don't hafta pay as much as car repair shops. So they won't any longer. The legacies are just longer catching up than the others. Catch any of those news stories interviewing the temps (aka "skabs")? Many talk about how great it is to get back to working airplanes. Sorry guys, that's the way it is.

If they had just stuck with their "brothers" seven years ago they might be saving their jobs today.