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Originally Posted by iahflyr
I agree that this is terrible news.
Sure some Republic guys will be saved a furlough, but ultimately the higher paid Midwest pilots will pay the price, and that is unfortunate. Midwest has been on the fritz for a while, and I think this is the first time I felt they have under a year left.
The only good I can see coming out of this whole thing is if Midwest were to exercise the option to have Midwest pilots fly the EMB-170's. That would be good for the entire industry. I am afraid that Republic pilots would try to fight that. It would be so stupid for them to fight it, but it might happen.
We can only hope...
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I don't see any good coming from this. Even if the Midwest pilots fly those 170's it will not be for mainline pay. Mgmt tipped it's hands on the pay rates they are planning to pay with the proposed cuts earlier this summer. If management is successful at getting a mainline pilot group to accept regional wages we are all in big trouble. Please explain to me how any of this is "good for the entire industry".