Originally Posted by
The Dude Abides
The problem is it isn't a guaranteed position at AS, only an interview. I might consider this if it were a flow through, but the other issue is this is only supposed to be about pay rates and now the company wants to renogotiate other sections of our contract in this TA as well, all for a guaranteed interview, which guarantees nothing.
QX & AS have been doing this since the beginning. I started with QX in the year of the AS buyout. It was always my ambition to move on to AS eventually, but after 12 years, flying as F28 CA and applying repeatedly, could never even get an interview. So I moved up by departing AAG.
Shortly after the buyout we had an ALPA drive and vote. The AS pilot group promised 'maybe' a joint MEC. It was clear that the AS group viewed QX as second-class citizens and would guarantee nothing. Just the slightest change in attitude from the AS group would have tipped the scales and QX would be ALPA today (not saying that would or would not be a good thing).
Despite the movement of many QX pilots/managers to AS over the years, a corporate philosophy of a 'wall of separation' between the pilot groups seems to have remained intact. Speaking from a historical perspective, I would say that anything short of a guaranteed position at AS has no value for the average QX pilot.