Originally Posted by
rickair7777
TSA alter-ego, they are getting growth that should have gone to TSA. Mostly street hires, but a few TSA types jumped over to get upgrade out of seniority I think. Management even arranged for them to vote in the teamsters to prevent alpa from getting on board...naturally the scumbag pilots went along cuz alpa would have obviously integrated them by DOH with TSA.
Their pilots are universally despised in the regional world, I wouldn't even consider them since so many companies are hiring now.
They are equivalent to Freedom-A or Boston Maine if you are familiar with those fiascos.
Thanks Rickair. I appreciate the info. I am very familiar with Freedom. Offered me a job and I turned them down for that very reason. Unfortunately there are a lot of Lorenzo-type, scumbag owners/managers out there that only care about one thing............making a buck at everyone else's expense. The sad thing is that the few unprofessional, winer pilots that are out there don't make it any better for the rest of us. I know several airline managers most of whom used to be line pilots that have turned nearly 180 degrees. All they do is complain about pilots and thus forget where they came from. But every dog has his day and one day soon there will be redemption. You can only throw so many low-time pilots into jobs until the FAA takes notice. The regionals are going to be hurting in the next few years. It's going to be interesting.
One thing however I think is disgusting is to see the term "scab" thrown around as loosely as it is in this business. A scab is a strikebreaker. Not the right term here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strikebreaker