Slightly specific to pilots though, it's not a job they can even think can just be hired in green. It's 1500 hours minimum that person has to have spent butt in seat flying a plane to be qualified to fly for airlines. Barring of course regulatory changes to make it take less time, which we all know wouldn't be off the table for political reasons. So I think they'd have a bit more power if they tried it.
Most jobs though, yeah. I'd tell you for damn sure I'm irreplaceable at work just because I can do twice as much in less time then most of my counterparts. Just by virtue of having 10 years of experience when most of them have no more than 3. I also know when it comes down to it in a big corporation I'm a line on a spreadsheet.
Part of the issue as I see it is that pilots want to be pilots. It’s similar to the game dev world where people who go into it are so passionate about it that employers know they can pay developers less than they would get for working in web dev despite the skill required.
It wasn’t that long ago that there were pilots paying to fly passengers for airlines in Europe in order to gain experience until that was made illegal.
Even if the pilot shortage changes things, it will take time for the corporate culture at these airlines to unlearn those attitudes.
Here are all the cancellations in the US today: https://archive.is/dj7i1
Some WN pilots are fighting the mandate: https://archive.is/TTMqe
Their reasoning reeks of bullshit.
Yeah they lose. They should strike. There was a pilot shortage before Covid. They can't be easily replaced either.
Slightly specific to pilots though, it's not a job they can even think can just be hired in green. It's 1500 hours minimum that person has to have spent butt in seat flying a plane to be qualified to fly for airlines. Barring of course regulatory changes to make it take less time, which we all know wouldn't be off the table for political reasons. So I think they'd have a bit more power if they tried it.
Most jobs though, yeah. I'd tell you for damn sure I'm irreplaceable at work just because I can do twice as much in less time then most of my counterparts. Just by virtue of having 10 years of experience when most of them have no more than 3. I also know when it comes down to it in a big corporation I'm a line on a spreadsheet.
Part of the issue as I see it is that pilots want to be pilots. It’s similar to the game dev world where people who go into it are so passionate about it that employers know they can pay developers less than they would get for working in web dev despite the skill required.
It wasn’t that long ago that there were pilots paying to fly passengers for airlines in Europe in order to gain experience until that was made illegal.
Even if the pilot shortage changes things, it will take time for the corporate culture at these airlines to unlearn those attitudes.