Originally Posted by
Lambourne
Great, you can use those benefits to ride someone else as I won't let you Jumpseat on my mainline plane either. We will be "wt restricted' also just like every other RJ out there that I have ever tried to Jumpseat on. In fact we may have too much cargo to fill the empties in the cabin except for our own non-revs. Just like the "we don't have ballast or its too small up here for a jumpseater in the cockpit of the RJ". You get to watch us depart just like we watch you.
Hope that doesn't affect you on your way home either. That would be terrible. Maybe some of that string of express pilots I see from ORD to DEN or MCO will have to use all their extra pass benefits to get home. That is if they can find a mainline carrier pilot group they haven't pi$$ed off yet to carry them.
And you'll have to explain to your chief pilot why you claimed your plane was weight restricted when it actually wasn't. I never have that problem. I don't have to fake it. But you go ahead and do your worst tough guy. I'll just take Delta.
Originally Posted by
Lambourne
Here are my thoughts.
1. No one makes you commute. That means NO ONE. It is a choice and it has been part of the industry for a long time. If you didn't understand the possibile plus and minuses of commuting when you started that is not a mainline pilots fault.
Really? I understand the plusses and minuses. I also own a house that is worth less than I owe, and would have had to move 5 times if I followed bases at this company. But nevermind, you answered your own question below.
Originally Posted by
Lambourne
2. Your base has been changed or closed. Again not a mainline pilots fault. You don't work for the mainline. You company bids for flying from every carrier in the US. You need to address you base concerns with your company. They bid the flying and move the basses. Again, not a mainline pilots fault.
Not the mainline pilots fault, but yes mainline management's fault. They create startup regional carriers who work for peanuts in order to make me "compete" with them in order to lower their costs (and pay you better bonuses). So my company has to re-bid every few years and all the bases get realigned. [sarcasm on] So sorry I don't work for mainline. I really enjoyed the extra 5 years I've spent at a regional while you greedy boomers rewarded yourselves with 5 extra years at the top of the pay scales. [sarcasm off]
Originally Posted by
Lambourne
3. Waste fuel. Good one. The majors never shuffle the deck with new carriers to replace the poor performing ones. Look at Mesa. They performed poorly and were replaced by Expressjet. Now Mesa is recalling and I wouldn't be surprised if they don't re-rise from tne ashes when the scope provisions kick in to fly more large RJ's. Please committ suicide with your FFD agreement. Perhaps the sooner your metrics get worse (not sure how that could be) UA can replace you. Not a mainline pilots fault that you don't understand that outsourced services are re-bid all the time. You are not doing yourself any favors by making your company less efficient.
My regional has 5-15 year contracts. Not going away any time soon. Predictably, you have no idea what you're talking about. And wasting fuel affects your management, and YOUR profit sharing. Saving fuel gets me nothing. Plus, how short sighted of you to hope I get replaced with my contract and benefits near the top of the regional industry. My replacement will work for half what I make, and put more downward pressure on your contract. Duh.
Originally Posted by
Lambourne
4. If you decided to try to disrupt the operation by delaying flights. How would anyone know?
Ask the DOT complaint department. I read in the paper that they're very familiar with your airline.
Originally Posted by
Lambourne
Finally I ageee the pass changes stink. However we too as mainline employees have had pass changed over the years. This world is full of changes. If you do not like the change YOU need to address it with YOuR management. Mainline pilots don't negotiate or do your dirty work for you. This issue is between the outsourced company and the mainline management. Should mainline pilots fight the battles for the cleaning crew that is outsourced when UA adjust their contract? Should the cleaners withhold cockpit trash bags in retaliation for mainline pilots not coming to join their cause?
I have addressed it with my management. They said "We don't control the pass privileges, we have no choice. Thanks For All You Do". The only ones that can change it are your management. The only way to get their attention is to cost them money and labor problems. Get it now?
Originally Posted by
Lambourne
There is a great deal of growing up that needs to take place in regional cockpits. I certainly hope some of this is being vetted in our hiring process. Maybe at least our crews can forward flights and dates where they were bumped or given hard times to the hiring team to weed those candidates from the stacks of applications.
There's a great deal of retiring that needs to happen in your cockpits.
Originally Posted by
Lambourne
I know I have sent emails and made phone calls regarding one SKYW Capt that I hope never gets a shot at UA. Surprisingly enough the pilot DID have an App in the stack. If he is hired I do hope we get to fly together. That would be great fun, for me at least.
Go ahead and blackball all of us. In a few years anyone with a pulse will get a class date after you geezers medical out and no one else wants this job.