Originally Posted by
CBreezy
I am seriously asking this and my daddy doesn't pay my bills. In fact, my career path thus far in my life and education have probably been more satisfying and relevant than yours not to mention that I've been financially independent since I was 18. Just because you have been abused by the industry longer than I have doesn't mean that you are smarter and well read making it so that I have no right to an opinion. If you want to personally insult me like a 12 year old, be my guest. I now discount everything you say as emotional garbage.
Now, from what a read on the website, there is no B-scale. The scale remains intact until the first large RJ arrives on property and only then a cap is put in place. I'm not trying to defend it. I personally wouldn't have voted yes as I know regional pilots get paid less than they should but I can understand why they did. A little job security goes a long way in this business and it appears they feel they got some with the agreement.
I'm just trying to get hard facts and less emotional me, me, me hate that has been spewed. It seems from the intent of the CBA that PSA is trying to prevent an Eagle situation by forcing people out of a career RJ position and into the mainline. If you choose not to go, your pay is frozen.
So you think that making pay and quality of life at the regionals as poor as possible is a good thing so people aren't tempted to stay there for the long term? That seems to be your point in trying to prevent an Eagle situation. I agree that we should strive to move on to the mainline side of things but it doesn't mean life at the regional level needs to be such a grind.
As for the job security, look at the shortage that is starting to show it's face. Great Lakes doesn't have enough FOs. Republic can't staff it's Q400 fleet. Theses are just preliminary, early signs. The majors haven't even ramped up yet. It's going to get worse. We have plenty of job security. If you don't see the signs you are ignorant.
The emotional hate being spewed, although I don't agree with some of it, is still understood. All of our attempts at making life better for regional pilots just got sh@t on. I am as ****ed off as anyone else on here. To say someone who is upset has "me me me" at the heart of their frustration shows you don't understand the issue. This is about "us us us". Anyone on here who is ****ed off about the PSA contract is ****ed because our chance at unifying has been undermined. I wouldn't deny a jump seat but I sure would spend the time together with a YES voter making that pilot think long and hard about what the consequences of their vote are. I would spend the time with a PSA NO voter trying to convince them they deserve better than to work at an operation that gives no value to the work they do. I use this number over and over again to prove a point: $409,000,000 pre tax profit over 3 months (2nd quarter). Think about that much money going into management's hands. Now you are giving up pay raises beyond year 4 and 12? Paying even more for insurance? They only are contractually required to give you 1 airplane? You only get an interview? Unbelievable.