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Excuse me!!! The regional whipsaw has been in full effect since 9/11. AMR is joining the party almost a decade later. Look what Delta, US, Alaska, Continental and United do with their feed. They move it around to keep the regionals in check just like AMR is trying to do. The cancer has been here for a long while.
Your ignorance is excused.
We've all seen what carriers do with THEIR feed, but now it will be ONE carrier that will influence ALL the other carriers successfully. This contract will allow them to ALWAYS have the lowest.........er, "most competitive" labor costs and more importantly, PERMANENTLY (adjusted on an annual basis).
Everyone out there criticized ALPA at Eagle in the past for signing a 16-year, no strike contract in 1997. If this passes, then it's extremely likely EVERYONE will have to sign similar arbitration-only contracts, effectively nullifying unionism and collective bargaining for the entire regional airline pilot industry. Either that or risk losing your flying and jobs to another carrier who was forced successfully to crumble before you. A whole new level of slavery is upon your doorstep, you just don't recognize it yet. First it will be Eagle, then another and soon a new standard exists.
Time to wake up. The fecal matter is about to collide with the ocillating rotator. From my long perspective, this union has a long history of selling out its own pilots. IMHO, they are now about to sell out the entire regional pilot industry.