Employers don’t hate pilots. They need pilots. The planes cannot fly themselves (yet).truedude wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 7:47 amAirline management, particularly in Canada, hates pilots. They hate us even more today than they did yesterday. They won't do a thing to make our lives easier if some accountant in some office calculates it will cost one cent more than not doing it. They don't view us as a requirement for a smooth operation. They don't see our value in the ability to have a smooth operation, which comes with experience. They have nothing but contempt for us, and view us as another input on a spread sheet.
Airline executives believe it is through their genius that airplanes move around the country, safely, and no one else helped in that effort.
As long as these individuals keep seeing us as a nuance, and annoyance, instead of integral (which includes are goodwill, which they have lost), Airlines will only see their operations continue to operate in chaos, and continue to give up market share.
What they hate is paying pilots what they are worth (market forces) and they hate negotiating with them unless all of the leverage is on their side of the table.
2023 is not the environment that managements prefer. Pilots have employment options. The lowball employer will get left behind with multimillion dollar assets parked.