Originally Posted by
BE24pilot
I don't see how this is going to ruin their lives, at worst they are going to go to training for a couple of months, make 24hr per diem and then when the SLI comes out probably go right back to where they were. Besides 9E, and 9L management don't want these guys going back to training and frankly neither should the pilots there. Both companies are severely understaffed and all this is going to do is make QOL worse for the pilots that have to fill in for those that will be in training. XJ MEC is not trying to screw their pilots, they just want a fair and ACCURATE LIST from the 9E MEC, and I don't believe that it has to do with the hire date vs check-ride date. If they agreed to an LOA then I am yet to see them go back on their word. In the time I have been at this company I have not seen our MEC lie to us or do anything that is not in the best interest of the entire pilot group. I also have not seen them do anything during the joint contract negotiation that were not in the best interests of all three pilot groups.
Well the guys I have been flying with seem to think it is going to mess their lives up pretty bad. Especially since they cant get a straight answer from their union leaders (mesaba) about what to do now that the 10 day clock has been started.
What if they get displaced and the SLI still is months away or there are fences? What then? Now they are all in LGA while they were based and living in mem, msp, and dtw. Your at worst scenario isn't nearly a at worst scenario. At worst they get displaced to LGA. The SLI comes out. Bloch has treated them as furloughed pilots and they get instant DOH seniority losing their mesaba seniority and longevity. They go down from year 3 pay to year 1. There are fences put up and those fences don't allow them to come back for however long the fences are up. How is that for worst case.
Think that cant happen. There are LOTS of mesaba pilots here that think that is exactly whats going to happen.