Originally Posted by
Captain Tony
It's QANTAS, Quantas. "Research before you post"!
The OP is spot on. ALPA isn't just ignoring the regionals, ALPA is actively fighting against them. ALPA had a direct hand in both the Pinnacle and PSA debacles. Intentional effort by them to set the regional segment back 15 years in compensation. Then they have the audicaty to ask us for donations? Don't think so!
The PSA and Pinnacle pilots voted for those agreements. They could have voted them down. The regionals are contract carriers. They keep undercutting each other. The pilots keep voting to continue this in order to get that quick upgrade. I guess the policy is a poorly paid captain still makes more than a well paid first officer. I blame the regional pilots as much as ALPA for supporting these concessionary agreements and voting them in by over 80 percent.