Originally Posted by
gettinbumped
Not asking you to feel sorry for me. I'm telling you that regional pilots today have had it easier than at any time in the history of aviation. Name me another one and I'll shut up. It's a fact. Deal with it.
I'm not the one on here throwing the threats.
United Pilots are not here to fight your battles for you. You are not even employees of United Airlines. We are pretty full up fighting our OWN battles in case you didn't notice. What makes you think we are in a position to change this policy??????? That's YOUR MANAGEMENTS job. They negotiate the pass travel policy! Go talk to them! UAX flies more than 50% of our domestic passengers. I have no idea how many of you there are out there, but I wouldn't be surprised if you collectively outnumber us at this point. So how come YOU don't do anything about it?
Your recollection of the history of our contract is inaccurate, so I won't bother to go down that path with, but I find it ironic that in the same post you acknowledge that we were powerless against our management team to fix the inadequacies of our contract when it comes to pay, retirement, scope etc. but now think that miraculously we have some pull with management over fixing a travel policy gaff for employees of A DIFFERENT COMPANY.
I thought you said the race to the bottom was getting worse? You chastise regional pilots for taking jobs that mainline pilots voted away. You chastise regional pilots for being able to own a home now. You chastise regional pilots for getting paid a bonus to fly for a regional versus back in your time when you *paid the regional?*
What?
I love listening to everyone say "You didn't take a stand!!" when their own group did not.