Originally Posted by
SeaRider
God, I'm get so sick of this argument. For the majority of our pilot group, it hold absolutely no water. Unless you are addressing new-hires, you are just incorrect. Most of us have been here for a long time. I was hired a couple of months after the contract became amendable, and should in no way have expected negotiations to go as they have. Quit doing the typical pilot thing of blaming another pilot group for not having had a crystal ball years ago.
Fine, but 2200 days of negotiations / 365 days a year = over SIX years of negotiations. That's more than just the new-hires. It does hold water. You are arguing that you went there thinking that a new contract would be voted in AND better sooner than later. That's your fault. You took that risk. I'm sorry that you didn't have a crystal ball. I didn't either (see furloughed).
I know pilots have their reasons for deciding to work at RAH, and that's fine. But don't go there, and then complain about the inability to receive a decent contract when the pilot group does seemingly little to attain it. What have you done? You personally and as a pilot group. Put up a website, voted no... And continued working under the same pathetic contract while securing new flying.
I'm not hating on everyone at RAH. I know people there, and again, understand reasons for gaining employment there. But I am concerned with individuals who aren't doing anything other than continuous complaints about how they get it up the bum by management there. What exactly did you expect?!?