re: Unions Suck....United Pilots get a 40% Salary increase

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hate unions also but I go to recurrent training every 6 months and no emergencies are automated. Engine failures, engine fires, rapid decompression, total loss off all electrical, bird strikes, high speed aborted takeoffs, thunderstorms and on and on the list is very long, all require the pilots to do what they have been trained to do over and over to save the aircraft and it’s passengers

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I'm well aware of the training airline pilots receive. I'm not sure what that has to do with my post. I said that higher pay does not equal a safer pilot. And that is the truth. Delta, American, United, etc have killed thousands of passengers while Ryan Air and other low cost carriers have killed none. Also, one of the largest regional airlines in the US, Skywest (they operate jets on behalf of American, Delta, United, and Alaska) is non-union and has an excellent safety record.