Originally Posted by
F2m185
For all you know flying for Republic could be someones first job or even a pay raise. If you dont want to fly at Republic or fly a piece of equipment thats your prerogative not everyone else's so keep your judgemental garbage to yourself
You don't get it.. most new people don't get it. I didn't really fully understand the situation either before I started years ago. It's extremely easy to look past everything negative just to get out of that piston engine deathtrap flying over the mountains at night. I get that, we were all there at one point (at least most of us were). But I did know that I wasn't going sell my soul and go to some crappy contract airline just to get into a big jet though.
This is the whole damn problem with the Regionals. They take naive people with SJS that are willing to get into a jet "at any cost", and exploit that to their advantage. Exactly like you are describing.. you don't care that the pay and contract sucks, you are aware of it, but you are willing to overlook all that. I know right now it may seem beter than what you are doing.. but trust me.. 6 months in, the new car smell wears off, and reality sets in. You won't be moving on in a couple years like you thought, upgrades won't come as quick as you thought. Sht happens.. things change.. and you will be WISHING you had a decent contract to rely on for things like: When your flights cancel, and your sitting there wondering why you are at work for 2 days but not getting paid. Contract quality is everything, it controls everything about your life and your paycheck. It is more important than any new hire prospect can ever possibly understand.
Who cares if it's a $2 pay raise from what you are doing now. Taking a job at an Airline which you will spend YEARS at, or even a full career, knowing full well in advance they have a sub-par contract and sub-par wages, just so you can fly a new "170", is detrimental to all of us. It hurts all of us in the long run. Why would they ever fix the problem if people are lined up around the block for those jobs?
Then those sub-par contract airlines take flying away from other airlines with better contracts. Then the better contract, better paying airlines lose flying, lose money, lose CA seats, and are basically just put in a situation were they are forced (in some cases at bankruptcy gunpoint) to either lower their contract/pay to compete with the other bottom feeders or lose their jobs.. and the downward cycle continues..
If naive people weren't flocking to those sub-par jobs in the first place, then the situation would start to reverse itself and improve.