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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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The only thing the republic pilots can fight is if the company dry leases the airplanes and MW pilots crew them. That is a RAH scope violation.
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Originally Posted by acl65pilot
The catch 22 here is that MEH management gets their way. They wanted the MEH pilots to fly for RJ wages and if that happens they will get what they want.
Most of the planes will have about as many seats at the 717'a did. Difference is that they will not be true first class seats and the pilots will be working for a lot less carrying the same amount of people. Talk about taking it in the coins. This just stinks.
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They will be 76 seat aircraft and no different then if Skywest were to fly crj 700's for MW. I think
if the pay rate is right the MW pilots should be happy to take the aircraft. There is no point in swinging your pecker that the E170 is "not good enough for me to fly". If they can get a good pay rate on it that would help a lot of regional carriers pick up the $$.
If we were all one union and I mean everyone this sort of crap would not go down. The problem is that we aren't and never will be, so until management starts caring
more about employees instead of shareholders and bonus money this BS is going to exist.
If there were pay rates based on weight instead of seats then the companies would not be able to whip us around by pulling some seats off. Frankly I am not sure why they should not be at regional pay based on 88 seats, 'cause it says Boeing on the hood, that seems like a dumb idea to me. Pay by the pound would be better.
All the RAH pilots can do is abide by their contract, feed their families and pay their bills. I know the MW pilots are better people, better pilots and more deserving but... oh I'll stop there.
We are all in the same frickin boat and barely floating at that. Good luck to everyone. God Bless.
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