Originally Posted by
Red97Vette
It will probably be years til you get an Atlanta base. 1. This contract will be a miracle if it gets signed in a year or two. 2. There will be fences on equipment for cost savings (training). Only if the ERJ starts a base in Atlanta, witch I'd highly doubt, could you be in Atlanta, and that's if your seniority could hold it. Too bad we are not all just one equipment type...
and too bad there are too many of us who think they are at mainline and deserve an industry leading contract...
While I agree with most of what you say, the ATL base thing is not necessarily true. The CRJ side of the house is currently training new hires. IF, and of course it's a big if, the SLI is not truely years away as some say, a current ERJ pilot may have the opportunity to move to ATL as an FO once the SLI is done. I am pretty sure the ASA side has dozens of pilots willing to do base trades. And I would be shocked if the fences protect FO's.