Originally Posted by
better up here
It only took 8 posts to change the direction of this thread. 8.
You know how much the airline industry loves that we do this? Plays right into most of their bargaining, whipsawing, and all the other "big ideals" we drone on about.
But here we are, at post #8.
I think if tomorrow our pay tripled, our fleet doubled, and we were getting 18 days off a month it would still be 9L, XJ, or 9E's fault we can't all get in the sim first. And I'm sure it would be pointed out by post #8.
Excuse me for seeing this mess coming. I tried to say date of hire and let the chips fall, no fences, no quotas, just DOH. I also said hell no to that crap contract because there were LOTS of downgrades coming. The old 8 year FO scale was at least, with any second income, a livable amount.
Capping the scale at 4 years when almost everyone is already there is expediting the exodus of FOs. Downgrading captains will do nothing but cause them to no longer be selective about where they apply. As a captain here, yes, I haven't applied to places like Virgin and JetBlue. As FO I would be applying to not only those but for sure Compass and probably even Eagle if they still are paying out the bonus.