Originally Posted by
Avroman
#1, not an option for many of us
#2 No. If you go to a Colgan base on the Saab you go at thier pay rates. The grandfather rate was only good as long as you stayed on a Mesaba based Saab (which won't exist by the end of the year) Not that it matters because with the fences only Colgan pilots will hold captain on the Saabs anyway.
Actually, you do keep the grandfathered rates if you are displaced.
From the contract:
"2. The Pilot holds a Position at Mesaba on the SF340 on February 18, 2011, and is displaced to any SF340 Position. In such case, the Pilot will continue to receive the Grandfather Rate provided the Pilot has not been awarded a different Category as a result of a voluntary bid."