Airline Pilot Central Forums - View Single Post - US Airways to Cut 1000 Jobs, Reduce Flying

Bucking Bar · 10-28-2009, 02:01 PM

Apparently everyone forgot that major airlines controlled their scope, negotiated it away and the contracts were ratified by their own membership.

As for the RJ guys taking a job flying a jet with 250 hours of experience, I don't blame them. Who of us wouldn't have taken that job? Back then ATP mins were required to get hired and I would have sure flown an RJ and built seniority towards 121 PIC that I needed to get a major job instead of flight instructing.

It is a problem WE created and it is a problem only WE can fix.

10-28-2009, 02:01 PM	#11 (permalink)
Bucking Bar FRC Entry Technician Joined APC: Jun 2007 Position: Douglas Flight Test & Work Around Engineering Field Representative Posts: 2,441	Apparently everyone forgot that major airlines controlled their scope, negotiated it away and the contracts were ratified by their own membership. As for the RJ guys taking a job flying a jet with 250 hours of experience, I don't blame them. Who of us wouldn't have taken that job? Back then ATP mins were required to get hired and I would have sure flown an RJ and built seniority towards 121 PIC that I needed to get a major job instead of flight instructing. It is a problem WE created and it is a problem only WE can fix.