Originally Posted by
navigator
Here's news for you, most, if not all regionals were formed to circumvent the CBA's of the mainlines. How do YOU feel knowing that YOU have participated in that? I am happy to support any organized effort to get the majors to take back the flying from the regionals.
I wonder how long you've been in this industry. It's MORE like the what the guys below says.......
Originally Posted by
MachJ
Regionals were created to allow mainline to outsource flying and lower costs. That cat's been out of the bag for decades now. Gojets was created to undercut another regional. There is a big difference; it is a new low.
Yep, pretty much. It's NOT CBA circumvention. EVERY time flying has been outsourced to a regional, it was at the blessing of the pilot group that lost it. Whether in exchange for the wide body aircraft that were promised/big fat paychecks pre 9/11, or the BK's, doesn't matter. It was voted away in BOTH time frames.
Originally Posted by
navigator
In America we call that Capitalism. Not perfect, but beats the alternatives.
What's the alternative? The alternative would have been that mainline KEPT the flying at the mainline level.