Originally Posted by
Mesabah
It's absolutely essential that pilots see the flying they're giving away as beneath them for scope relief to work. If fact many mainline pilots see regional pilots as beneath them when such is not the case. This leads to a vicious cycle in which the union is forced to give up further aircraft rather than fight a battle that only benefits pilots that its core constituency views as not worthy.
I can't say I agree with you on this one. I doubt there is a pilot here that doesn't want those 76 seaters to climb aboard the mainline. The problem is that Management has firmly adopted the "Too expensive to operate as mainline aircraft" philosophy. I don't see that as changing anytime soon. I also don't see it as somehow our fault. Just ask one of our former furloughed pilots if he/she would have been "above" flying a mainline 76 seat RJ. NOT