Originally Posted by
JoeMerchant
Here's the thing..."Whipsaw" is nothing more than "competition". Until you solve the problem of "competing" within a brand, all the stickers in the world won't change reality.
The only way to change this is with "brand scope" negotiated at the mainline level...Which isn't likely to happen because that would require them to use negotiating capital for other pilots. In addition, the mainline pilots actually get negotiating "credit" at the table for helping to lower the cost of regional feed...Dirty little ALPA secret that they don't want you to know.
ASA and CMR pilots fought this battle with the PID and then RJDC over a decade ago.....and lost.
Don't let the stickers fool you, this is about changing the way regional pilots negotiate and encouraging them to stand up for themselves. Stickers bring awareness, then it is up to us all individually to make changes in this industry. There are many things we can discuss as we move forward but the pressing issue is stopping the whipsaw as it is being played today. The current airline we are focused on is PSA where their union is asking their pilots to vote in concessions for absolutely no reason. You don't ask a pilot group for paycuts for bigger aircraft. We have to stop falling for the same trick over and over again because we have a short term memory. The late 90s saw airlines using Jets as leverage when the jets were coming all along. Flying will be replaced whether we accept paycuts or hold out for fair pay.