The Airline Pilots: A Study in Elite Unionization

by George E. Hopkins

In this book, Hopkins sketches the process of airline pilot unionization from the 1920’s to the 1960’s and how this process has changed the public view of the pilot as “rugged individual” to advocate of union solidarity. Hopkins chronicles reasons for this public opinion change from the Great Depression to the displacement of labor due to the technological efficiencies of the superjet.

Paperback

First published January 28, 1971