Originally Posted by
Captain Tony
If I were in management, I'd hire them. You know they will always be ready to bend over. Not only that, the rate they voted in can now be imposed on them at their new airline, and they can't complain.
That's what the '89 Eastern hires said too.
I have no sympathy for the Pinnacle pilots. In an act of greed, they screwed all of us, buying themselves an extra 6 months and a $2500 package if they were junior, or shiny new airplanes if they were senior. And since it passed by a pathetic 85%, the odds are with it that he voted yes. Of course if you ask them, they all swear they voted no.
Not all of them. There are some of the yes voters who are actually waiting for a chance to be challenged again with a b!itch move a lá "bump-your-shoulder-in-the-concourse-while-saying-thanks-pinnacle" kinda BS, so he/she can get an ear full right back.
You don't know people's reasons to vote the way they did. I got no beef with Yes voters, I disagree with them, but I respect their decision.
It's just waaay too easy to ask a different pilot group to risk it when you have nothing at stake in it. You're just on the sideline hoping 9E risks it regardless what happens to them, because you know you're next. You care only about YOUR job just as all the yes voters cared about theirs, I can't fault anybody for that, even if its a result of scare tactics by management, it's his/her prerogative. Just quit hating on a pilot group just because they didn't start fighting your fight.
I sure as h*ll didn't hear other alpa groups or pilots from other airlines say "hey, stand up against management, we got ur back financially and we'll make sure everybody gets employed and food is still on your table for your kids in case y'all get wound down, we got you..." Sounds crazy, doesn't it? Every single 9E pilot knew they where on their own, and voted accordingly. The regional industry can't fault 9E for anything, this industry's problems go way beyond 9E.
Oh, and this new thing about not taking 9E jumpseaters has got to stop. It's sad, childish and embarrassing...