About airline employees
May. 17th, 2005 08:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Airlines have been problematic employers for a very long time--I don't think I've heard of so many broken contracts (this is usually describes as re-negotiating with the union) in any other industry.
I realize that it can be very hard to switch lines of work if one is ill-paid or has a lot of obligations, but that's the short term. It doesn't explain why people get training for airline jobs early on when they presumably have more options, and I think airlines have been trouble to work for for decades.
I'm not trying to blame the victims--I'm observing that people are doing something which seems to make very little sense, and I'm curious about why.
I realize that it can be very hard to switch lines of work if one is ill-paid or has a lot of obligations, but that's the short term. It doesn't explain why people get training for airline jobs early on when they presumably have more options, and I think airlines have been trouble to work for for decades.
I'm not trying to blame the victims--I'm observing that people are doing something which seems to make very little sense, and I'm curious about why.