Originally Posted by
skywatch
Yep. I agree, made the lives of ASA, Eagle, Republic and Skywest better. All those carriers have been growing for the last 6 years, bidding on business and winning it where Comair could not because of the higher costs they had. Heck, Skywest and ASA and Republic even got some of Comair's flying. So Comair, at the time of that contract the largest regional, shrinks. Less Captains, slower upgrades. In the end, they give it all back in bankruptcy. Big Win.
But hey, if being the pilot is the team sport you guys want it to be, why get ALPA to take a stand and not underbid other carriers for business? Seems to me, being a pilot is not the team sport some would like it to be. In the end, you have to make decisions based on what is good for ME AND MY FAMILY. OK, flame away.
And that right there is why things will never change in the regional industry. No one can raise the bar. Someone does, like Comair did, and what happens? Instead of following their lead and demanding a contract like Comair got, everyone undercuts them, accepts subpar pay just to get more flying because they are "getting their 1000PIC and going to a major." All this while companies rake in record profits and order many many multi-million dollar airplanes, while telling their pilots that they can't pay them any more because they will be "uncompetitive".