Originally Posted by sigep_nm

This same kind of post has gone on over and over again. The problem with it is there is a little fact contained, and almost purely speculation with regards to pay and so forth being the result of low timers. Where were all the "high timers" at when these contracts for so called terrible things were voted in?
So suppose that no low timers went to the airlines and just instructed for two years, what do you think would happen at the regional level? Will you pay magically increase as you suggest (no evidence of that in the past), or while the regional airlines be limited to less flying (remember two pulses up front required to move the plane) which is turn would result in less rev, hence lower pay. Any way you slice it, it falls PURELY ON MANAGEMENT, and management alone. Low timers didnt drive Mesaba into bankruptcy over a year ago, but guess who did? Low timers didnt make AWAC's 146's dissapear, and low timers didnt create Go Jets. Also Mesa has been around for a lot longer than the 'low timers', and you seem to think that maybe it was something good in the past. Did you know Mesa pilots used to get paid by the MILE? Now thats a good airline.