Capt Kaos

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• November 12, 2012, on Unions and Airlines:

  "Craig Meyer": You really think that driving a cab is more difficult than flying a jetliner? Why don't you take a couple of flying lessons and report back to us. You obviously have some issues, buddy.

• November 12, 2012, on Unions and Airlines:

  There are numerous points in your article I would disagree with. The most important is that you vastly overestimate the power the Unions really have. It is not unusual for the Airline to drag negotiations on for many years past the amendable date of a Contract, during which time the Pilots must keep working, they cannot strike until released by the NLRB. Getting the the NLRB to release a union to strike takes years, which benefits the Airline by keeping the Pilots working under the old Contract for as many as 5 or 6 additional years. Also, when you say that " . . some airlines pay Pilots $300K while paying junior Pilots $19K" you are really mixing the top and bottom scales from two totally different types of Airlines. The senior Pilots at Regionals aren't making $300K, more like $100K, which makes the pay differential much lower. At a Major airline, the difference is more like $45K first year pay to $250K after 12 years. Your article mistakenly claims that Senior Pilots are part ...