Quote Originally Posted by jshhmr
I come from the airline industry, so my impression of unions are negative. The pilots were the worst. They make 6 figures MINIMUM at the airline I was at, and they thought they needed more money without a care in the world about my job or the jobs of thousands of employees that don't make 6 figures, and live in giant homes with Beamers and Benz' in the driveway.

Also, the guys that work on the ramp are union. Later in my career, I worked for another airline in operations and my gate was right next to my former airline. As someone that did tons of travel, I always wondered why if the flight arrived 30 minutes early, why did we have to wait at the gate for 30 minutes until the ramp guys brought the plane up to the jetway? Well, come to find out, the union contract stated that they don't have to park the plane early, but they are welcomed to do so. So I would sit there and watch these guys play poker in the ops office while a plane was just sitting there waiting on them, and when they decided to they parked it. I don't know about other unions, but I can say that I hate airline unions.
And that is totally ridiculous isn't it? I just don't understand the people who think that is acceptable, making passengers wait on a plane to get unloaded because the guys at the ramp want to finish a poker game on the company nickel.

Wake Up Union Workers! This is not what those before you fought for. This isn't what my dad went on strike for, benefits he would never see, but that would help the next generation of workers, and I'm sure that's what all the union guys of my dad's generation were working for same as he was, to improve the standard of living for American Workers, not ruin our companies, not degrade our services to customers, not to play on the company's money, but to work and be properly rewarded for that work.