Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
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.
It's a pretty ignorant statement to lump the Pinnacle agreement in with the PSA one, and an even dumber statement to say that Pinnacle voted yes for quick/any upgrades! More like voted yes for downgrades!