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Re:Reckless American 777 Pilots Refuse NTSB Interviews by fsckboy on Saturday February 11, 2023 @01:11PM (#34754673)
individual people can hire lawyer advocates as is done across society. It doesn't have to be in a union's purview to turn every individual's screwup into a cause celebre entailing the full collective weight of the organization.

so yes, you're right, it's a choice, it can be done this way, but I'm right to draw conclusions from that as to what role unions play in their struggle vs the public interest.

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Re:Reckless American 777 Pilots Refuse NTSB Interviews by soco on Saturday February 11, 2023 @01:48PM (#34755045)
Maybe you believe the unions should be some policing authority for their respective domains? Well, they're not, and it's not their fault for being different than what you imagined. Their stated goal is to protect their members, which is exactly what they do. There are other authorities mandated to regulate and check and we see them at work right now. So the whole system is working just as designed, nothing to see, let's move on.
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Re:Reckless American 777 Pilots Refuse NTSB Interviews by Brian_K_White on Sunday February 12, 2023 @06:46AM (#34762110)
"individual people can hire lawyer"

Individual people can also form unions.

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