Originally Posted by
ripn6
I had a 777 Capt. in the jumpseat last week. He was talking about the 100 seater announcement and that ALPA didn't know what they were going to do about them. I said, "what do you mean." He said, "Would you fly Captain on it for less that your making in the right seat of the 320?" I said "We have 100 seat pay rates. It's called a DC-9 and it's more than I make, are you suggesting we give that flying away to get pay raises?" He said, "Well, no, but ALPA doesn't know what they're going to do." I said, "They better know what they're going to do or they won't be around very much longer." It was clear the he and I had a different Idea of "what to do" about the 100 seater.
Good on you btw too.
I think an appropriate question should just be to ask "why do you want me to be furloughed? I have kids. I have a wife. I have house. I don't have much else. And now you want me furloughed?"
That dude is a
turncoat.
He'd rather not only sell out his pilots but his airline for whatever reason, none of which justifies being a turncoat.
Not shocked either that the turncoat doesn't even know we have E190 rates. It's like the guy who tries to taxi behind the Airbus but doesn't know Airbuses don't look like E170s.
Delta has made a profit without 100 seaters. We should have 50 seat props and then A319s or 717s. Nothing in between because at this point nothing else works without playing a game of outsourcing because of debt or crew costs.
The airline and it's employees are not for sale to DCI or AF/KLM or Alaska. If they want to win, we'll give them a win. If they won't us gone, well, anyone who supports that in our own ranks should be humiliated.