Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
It'd sure be easier for regional airlines to be the "stepping stone" they historically have been if mainline pilots would stop ratifying non-concessionary CBAs allowing increasing numbers of increasingly "large small jets" to be outsourced.
Agree with you 100%. ALPA could serve BOTH the mainline and regional side at one time by doing what you said. Ensure the majority of the jobs are at mainline along with the large small jets. The job protection of the mainline side would be there and protected. The career of the regional pilot would ALSO be protected by keeping the large RJ's at mainline, with the job waiting for the regional pilot. As opposed to the proliferation/expansion of airplanes at the regionals and the stagnation that created. Of course, the post 9/11 BK era throws a major wrench in that .
As far as the bolded part. The "historically" part is getting farther and farther away and possibly never seen again. The stagnation tenure of the regionals now is new "historical".
Originally Posted by
FixTheMess
I think you just made a case for the anti-ALPA side. If there is no difference in representation, my question would be why have ALPA? What benefit does ALPA specifically bring to the table? I thought it was supposed to be strength in numbers across multiple pilot groups, all pushing towards a common goal, but this is not what ALPA accomplishes.
If it was as easy as outlined above, imagine how the career would be different? Sucks.......