Ryane946,

Ask other furloughed pilots from some of those legacy companies how many times they have been furloughed in their career at those airlines., Ex. NWA, DAL, American etc. I believe the NWA, DAL job is just as risky as Skybus, VA. I wouldnt touch any of these legacies. When things go bad you are on the street. Atleast at SWA, JB and Airtran, FedEX they treat their employess with respect and work with them to prevent layoffs. None of those four laid any pilots off after 911. The rest of the majors did and has a long history of it. In V's defense I agree with a Alpa National pilot seniority with all airlines and I am encouraged with the JB possibility for ALPA. Nothing is stopping anyone from promoting ALPA at these new start ups. Give them a reason to come on board instead of turning them away and shunning them. The divide and conqueor attitude does not work.