Originally Posted by
9easy
This could be true except .. the new 9E is being built as a purely CR9 operation. The current group of CR9 captains, and many senior MSP FO's have no plans on leaving, no matter how bad things get. They are lifers with only a few years left, and they will ride the gravy train til the end, or until DL hires them. These guys are incredibly costly to employ compared to CP or GoJet, and a 25% pay cut will not change the fact that you have a large group of guys topped out on pay/vacation/401/sick/high insurance costs.
What is this industry coming to when pilots who have that kind of experience are being threatened by pay cuts and being penalized for years of service? We are all just contract pilots who don't even have the power to negotiate.