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Originally Posted by 320ToBearz
More furloughs announced at Midwest, but Republic pilots will happily fly the 190 for their cheap rates. Fence and no current RAH listed pilot flying a Midwest labeled aircraft before a Midwest pilot.
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Never going to happen. The program is to REPLACE Midwest and Frontier pilots with Regional pukes.
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Originally Posted by thevagabond
You got that right brother! If it wasn't for the good folks at mainline companies not taking a stand both out of and while in bankruptcy we wouldn't be flying these jets for such low wages.
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Give me a giant break. You guys are the ones gleefully killing the Midwest and Frontier pilots. The ironic part is while you're high-fiving each other in your crew room, you don't realize that every job you steal is one less legacy type position for YOU to fill.
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It's okay though, vent here and blame us. It's all our fault for following a time honored path to the better jobs. 
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Except that by taking these jobs you increase the likelihood that YOU will retire as a Regional airline Captain. Sort of like cutting off your nose to spite your face.
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Originally Posted by MD80
My point is that Republics Teamsters pilots talk openly about taking Midwest flying and making it theirs. BB is undercutting the Midwest and JetBlue pay scales and you guys are helping.
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Right as rain.
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On this webboard most of your pilots brag about gaining flying... "it's our flying now". That is not the "Time honored path" for airline pilots.
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It is IF you intend to retire as a Regional airline Captain. I don't know about you, but my goal was the Majors.
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The Republic Teamsters MEC needs to show that you guys are...
part of the solution and not the problem in our profession.
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Don't hold your breath. They've demonstrated their shortsightedness when they didn't refuse to fly the Midwest outsource in the first place. And if you're imagining the Teamsters are going to do anything that might impact their dues income, forget it.
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Originally Posted by zoooropa
While I am on a roll, the Midwest pilots, even without a single airframe, should be integrated by relative seniority on their current list.
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Time to change your screen name to "Pollyanna". If you think for ONE MINUTE the RAH MEC will agree to any furloughed pilot to be slotted in above an active RAH pilot, you're dreaming. It would be nice if pilots were selfless and altruistic. History shows we are not.
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If we take advantage of the PILOTS just because their management destroyed a great airline then we are no better than the MANAGMENT we speak so poorly of on a daily basis. Anyone want to walk the walk or just talk like a big bad guy and then drive the knife deeper in our fellow pilot's backs.
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Not one airline pilot will ever "walk the walk" if it means the loss of one seniority number. You know that.
But it is a nice sentiment.