Originally Posted by
AxialFlow
Always has been and always will be an empty red-herring used to to try and silence the union dissenters. When was the last time any CEO came to the pilot group and said "Gee guys, we're all outta ideas up here. Got any solutions???" We're here to make get people from A to B safely. Unless your "solution" is to increase the bottom line (i.e. paycuts), management doesn't look to us for our input or feedback. The "solution" of taking 3 steps back (i.e. living to fight another day) is exactly what has brought this industry to the tumultuous state it's in today. Belliott stated it very well. Got any solutions that DON'T involve kicking the industry in the nuts, Check?
I have no solutions for this. Short of a unified regional pilot seniority list I cant see any solutions.
This is why I came here to APC to see how the actual regional pilots were getting together to hold the line. But, since its every carrier/pilot for themselves, the line will not hold, ever. As I said before, we are all screwed. There is no solution that will make everybody happy, thats why we have these guys on here making ignorant statements like they do. They are angry, as I am, that they get abused and nobody cares.
Then, when a carrier is in trouble, they expect that carrier to take it in the nuts for them when they were never willing to do the same for the carrier in trouble. And the race continues.
The only solution for this would be when one carrier is getting screwed on their contract negotiations, whipsawed or otherwise, the entire regional pilot group puts their foot down and walks off the job with the carrier in trouble. If we could put something like that together, that might work. Nobody is willing to risk their job. Its illegal to strike so maybe we need a national, regional pilot sick day, to send a message to congress. Has it ever been tried before? Because whining about it hasnt worked yet.