That's right. Quit the crap union, stop paying them, and  

Good luck with that fantasy.  

Your lot is not tied to individual negotiation but what the company perceives it HAS to do to obtain and maintain pilot services.  

IF pilots could exercise sufficient confidence in potentially conducting a strike for better work conditions and compensation through solidarity they would have a level playing field in the endeavor but short of crisis events we currently see, and nominal union negotiations outside such times, success will not be optimum.

If solidarity (aka trust in action) could be created amongst all those scattered bases and pilots the union could do its job far more effectively.  

So, pilots, that's your challenge, how to connect and trust!  The union could definitely do far better if you create this; they can't do it for you.