Originally Posted by
eaglefly
Not likely. The majority there are meek lambs who are incapable of acting in self defense. If they were sailors, they would go down with the ship sobbing like schoolgirls even if a lifeboat was within reach. I've heard at least 4 of the domicile reps are not only willing to sell the pilots down the river, but are actually eager to do it because they are trembling in fear and desperately want to go home and be left alone.
Supposedly one was seen behind the building in Euless on break banging his head against the concrete wall and another was in the mens room with his hands pressed tightly against his ears saying, "la-la-la-la-la-la" when one of the visiting pilots asked him for an explanation. A third has called home several times repeating that he "misses his mommy".
In all seriousness though, the stories I'm hearing are pathetic.
Those stories probably aren't far from the truth. The ORD reps are about as pathetic as they come, wouldn't surprise me if the FO rep was calling home to mommy and the CA rep was sitting on the can crying.
I don't understand why they're even entertaining this proposal. 60 aircraft is a ~75% reduction in aircraft at Eagle. So they want us to take concessions to reduce the flying tremendously...does not compute.
If you're senior, this place will be here long enough for you to transfer to AA even if their plan is to shut it down. If you're a junior CA you're going to get your PIC time regardless and people will be hiring. In both those circumstances a "yes" vote doesn't gain you anything.
From the FO side no matter what the outcome is you won't be upgrading for years, let alone flowing which could take the better part of a decade. They're either going to shrink us drastically and make you work for pathetic wages under poor work rules, or shut you down over time. Either way you're not in a good position.
There is no incentive to vote yes from any position on the seniority list. Just get out, burn it down.