Ok - my 2 cents worth. #1 pet peeve about unions on the property - unless this administration changes we are helpless to do ANY job actions. Think you can strike after a cooling off period? Forget about it. And that totally pi**ess me off. If we have gone through all the steps in mediation, etc. why are we not allowed to exercise all our options? The union can do NOTHING about that. So what is our recourse when we are backed into the wall? #2 pet peeve - I am SO SICK of the company violating our contract (I am an f/a) and my union says "fly it and grieve it later". What??? If they are violating my contract which I voted for, why is my union telling me to "go along with the company and we will file a grievance later"? Our pilots got it right from the start - they refused to violate their contract and guess what? After a few months scheduling and the rest of the company stopped asking them to go against their contract.... because they knew they wouldn't. Had AFA from Day 1 done the same thing we would not be having the issues we are having now. If I choose to not go beyond a 14 hour duty day then I am harrassed by scheduling because they expect me to violate my contract for one simple reason - $$$. I won't do it. The big joke here is "We have a union? Are you sure? I don't think we do". That is the sentiment now. I am not sure about job protection - what I am sure about it is that you are little, have no b****, do not stick together then it doesn't matter one iota if you have a union.