Pilots Picketing Today
Jul 1, 2022, 7:04 am
#31
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But pilots are well aware of that before choosing this career path. It's a choice they made. No one forced them. They also like to play on the heart strings and talk about the family time that they miss. Again, that was their choice. They prioritized wanting to be a pilot over spending time with their family. It's not something that caught them by surprise when they got hired. They are compensated exceptionally well.
This is naive. The pilots are in a business relationship with their employer and under current conditions, they have the upper hand and are using it. If there were massive amounts of pilots and not enough jobs for all of them, airlines would have the upper hand and would be using it. Union or not, this is a commonplace business practice. No need to stand in moral judgment about what they are doing, it's really just basic business negotiations. Yes, leaving is a choice, and so is staying and trying to leverage what power you have to get what you want.
Jul 1, 2022, 7:11 am
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This is naive. The pilots are in a business relationship with their employer and under current conditions, they have the upper hand and are using it. If there were massive amounts of pilots and not enough jobs for all of them, airlines would have the upper hand and would be using it. Union or not, this is a commonplace business practice. No need to stand in moral judgment about what they are doing, it's really just basic business negotiations. Yes, leaving is a choice, and so is staying and trying to leverage what power you have to get what you want.
Jul 1, 2022, 7:19 am
#33
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Free to say no, sure. Pressured into doing something is another things and something that corporations love to do. It's why there is quite a large 'antiwork' movement happening. Ever feel bad for calling in sick? If not, congrats, but millions of people do because they are pressured by their employers to work while sick, work OT, etc.
Jul 1, 2022, 7:20 am
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When my company was making noises about coming back to the office after Covid, I told my boss that if I were required to do that, I would quit and find another job. Guess what, I am still in the same job (which I like), but am now permanent WFH. Should I have just quit and changed jobs (going through the misery of a job search, interviews, etc.) or professions (going back to school, getting another professional degree, starting over in the job market with training and no experience, etc.) instead?
Last edited by Bear96; Jul 1, 2022 at 7:29 am
Jul 1, 2022, 7:35 am
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