Originally Posted by
babs
I've heard a couple remarks on this and I think the only guys wanting this are the really senior guys who only have a few years left or the really junior guys who get excited about the thought of flying a bigger airplane. Most of the guys talking about it are just yanking your chain and messing around, from my perspective. Anyone wishing to get these aircraft either have ulterior motives or clearly do not see the big picture.
Well, I've heard guys talking about it amongst themselves and I was in civvies. Believe me, you are absolutley correct, it's mostly a very senior core (like our "buddy" above) who want to stay at Eagle and would push anyone and everyone in front of a bus, if it got them their desires. They are then indoctrinating all the young pups coming up still intoxicated at wearing an airline pilots uniform.
Basically, the blind.........well, actually the greedy, leading the blind.
Originally Posted by
babs
I really hope American is somehow able to maintain it's current scope. I know that is highly unlikely though, so hopefully they can limit it to the E175.
That being said, I was hoping to make a career out of this. Eagle is not what I had in mind.
As a side note, I readily admit that I may have a reoccurring wet dream of combining the seniority lists. Maybe you should put that at the forefront of your negotiations.
Well, I think AMR WILL get the ability to place E175's at regional carriers. If they do, I would expect job protections IF it costs AA pilot jobs in the process. Eagles "career" prospects are going to be much worse then previous (of course, so are AA's). The "one list" is being trumpeted by some and argued against by others. Inheriting certain undesirables is the main argument and well, lets face it.............one can see here, there is some validity to it. Many believe the AA pilots group would be far better off with pilots who WANT to work for and see AA prosper and not those who previously tried to screw them when it was in their best interests. I would think ay pilot group would consider their future strength in the same fashion.
I'm still neutral and open to consider both options (if we even get a choice), but I'm starting to lean more towards the latter argument, strictly for future cohesion of the pilot group. We'll see though if that develops any legs.