Originally Posted by
paidpnuts
KC I am not sure I want to acknowledge you or not but guess I will. Last time I checked the Mainline folks pretty much gave up scope to protect their QOL. Doesn't seem to be working out so well now.
I know there are a lot of sides/dynamics to this so I'll elaborate:
Almost, scope has been relaxed at UAL since the 90's when we gave up 50 seat RJs for the promise of some 400s. Then in BK more was given to protect pensions, which was taken away. ALPA's screw up, agreed.
Well, fast forward a few years and now all these oursourced RJ outfits are fighting over the scraps as oil and consolidation make the RJ less viable. I don't want to paint with a broad brush as I now a lot of good guys/gals at the regionals who simply want to pay their bills, build time and get hired on at a major (hopefully soon).
To the rest who think they are entitled to bigger and bigger RJs, who see their RJ outfit as a career end all to itself and now want to tell a CFI or furloughed pilot not to come work at their airline because it does not benefit them? Talk about selfishness.
Kc