Nothing more sinister than greed at work here... ask any airline pilot how things are going since 9/11.
I am no union fan, especially ALPA. The Unions just roll over all the time at the expense of the members just to keep the gravy train alive. Crew rest is just a non-winner when negociating. Face the facts, the airlines will not hire more crew and just consume the ones there right now.
My wife timed out for the year in Oct of her last year she flew, nearly killed her. All she bid on was a start time essentially, every day was considered “an operational emergency” and the contract was ignored. Much akin to a huricane or major snow storm, type operations The operational emergency was the fact the big D was in Bankrupcy! I wish I could make this crap up. ALPA just went along with it and yawned...
So, in light of your comments, ask me why my flying record since 9/11 amounts to exactly ONE short hop from OAK to SNA; a deviation from my all-but-absolute “NO FLY” policy allowed ONLY because it involved my Mother.
[ I am no union fan, especially ALPA. ]
Unions are parasites.. YES.. all of them..
Only “right to work” States have FREEDOM..
The other States are political machines run by Unions.. as is the federal givernment..
Cracks in the Cover-Up
Posted: 04/13/2012 11:29 am
The recent very public emotional meltdown of a JetBlue pilot — just weeks after an American Airlines flight attendant broke down in front of passengers waiting for take-off — has many people wondering about the psychological health of pilots and flight attendants. What is going on with the employees in our airline industry?
As a former Pan Am flight attendant for 20 years, and now a psychotherapist and psychoanalyst for 25 more, I’ve been writing at length to sound the alarm about the decline of the American airline industry. In particular, I’ve discussed the traumatic emotional consequences to employees due to the massive changes they’ve had to endure.
In addition to ensuring the safety of passengers, pilots and flight attendants understand that their major role is to create the illusion of the flight crew’s emotional invincibility. In other words, they reinforce the denial of death. This is what I mean by the words “cover-up.” On board every aircraft are passengers who wonder how in the world this huge machine can actually fly. Moreover, they depend upon the comfort of knowing they have a fearless and confident crew taking care of them. Not always an easy task for the flight crew.
Having been a flight attendant, I know how psychologically ...
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