They actually hold an entire industry's pay back because they themselves are the lowest bidder.  Complete opposite of what they should be doing.  

doesn't make sense

Duh

you didn't get that from the post, though. what does lowest bidder mean 

it's the other way around. unions always bring up everybody else's pay, too. first I ever heard somebody say unions bring the pay down but I'm guessing contradicting facts is all you can do. you would think employers would welcome unions with open arms if that were true. I wonder why they don't. lol

I'm not taking an anti union stance, I'm taking an anti-bad union stance.  How does a Union that has contractually obligated subpar pay "bring everyody else up?"  Everybody else can water down their pay because of the union's inability to provide upward pressure.

If the union company pay was so bad, all the other non-union companies would be paying boat loads more to draw pilots.  Guess not.

If you think unions wont benefit pilots look at ALPA , organizing and not accepting the shi* pay. Problem is more than half our industry just uses it as a second income and is so politicaly motivated against unions they won't team up with their fellow pilots to make things better. PHI pilots are the worse. Most PHI pilots talk union protection but when asked if they pay the $16 dues they say no the union is horrible. Well if you don't join it will stay horrible and PHI will continue to take things from you and raise benefi cost 30% plus per year. Teamwork in the industory is the only way we'll make this career a fair wage job. Curretly HEMS is a fun job if you like interfacility transfers at 3am for $35-40 per hour while your nurse does twice that working 7 days a month. 

airplane pilots seem to want to fly airplanes but they have a union and get paid a lot so I guess not so simple

The Airlines are also subsidized by the Federal Government , your not.  They are considered a 2nd airforce in a time of conflict and must be kept in a state of readiness.   

subsidized by the government. they are kept in a "state of readiness" by flying paying passengers every day you nut and they are not considered a second air force either. good lord

You really are a special kind of special.  The government does subsidize the airlines, rail, gas, stock market, etc.

Just because they deregulated the airlines does not mean that they don't get tax breaks and right off the other people can't get. That is why you only see new airlines starting up that have a parent company and not a brand new company.

The government does this and uses crony capitalism to keep people out.  If there was less regulation and more opportunity there would be lower prices and better serves.  

The same goes for HAA companies, they get federal money that prop up to many bases and that intern leads to the problem we have today.

To many bases, low pay, low hour requirements higher accidents rates.  All because the individual can't argue for whats best for him or her.

Take a basic economic class online or YouTube it for free.

 want to fly helicopters in the civil environment and HAA jobs fit your circumstance you'll take what you can get and go from there, or forget it and do something else.  Pretty simple.