Originally Posted by
Slats
Well, in all fairness the pilots weren't responsible for mismanagement and mistakes made in Memphis. With that, 9E pilots didn't help either by voting in this TA.
All this "I'm not falling on my sword", "you all just want our flying" blah blah blah is an excuse that really shows how near sighted many of them are. I can't blame the very senior voting "yes" they're not going anywhere. The bottom 65% however, should have voted "no". They didn't for 2 reasons. Either 1, they were too lazy to get out well before this TA or 2, they were too stupid not to leave.
The "I don't want to start over at another regional" excuse is lame. Guess what? Most of them will have to make the move to another regional when furloughed anyway... Furthermore, starting over now at some of the regionals would pay more than 9Es FO top out pay. But hell, they won't see that pay scale anyway because displaced captains will enjoy the fruit of their vote.
I'm sorry, I must have slept through the announcement that the mainlines, LCC's, FedEx and UPS were hiring several thousand pilots this year and last year. Oops, my bad.
First year regional pay is a non starter. I've been actively trying to leave to a better job for over a year. No regional currently offers a better job. I don't give a flying **** what a regional will pay me in a year or two. I need to know what they will pay me today. If it's a dollar or more less than what I'm making now, no thanks.
What have you done to make this career better for your peers and build pilot unity?