I think if you look into the airline pilots union you will see that the results are sub optimal. Pros: The pilots have managed to capture most of the airline

I think if you look into the airline pilots union you will see that the results are sub optimal. Pros: The pilots have managed to capture most of the airline profit. Cons: (a) The arrangement accrues most of the value captured to a relatively few pilots. Incoming pilots are payed horrible wages. (b) An experienced captain must start all over at the bottom of a new airline with intern level pay. I think the famous pilot "Scully" worked on the east coast but lived in California instead of taking a job on the west coast. If he had switched jobs he would have had to start all over at the bottom. (c) Software development may not be a true meritocracy but it does offer the ability to (due to demand) of moving to a new job whenever you want - we just aren't that exploited that it would be worth putting up with a union.