Originally Posted by
Maverick
I'm putting this out there because the APA pilots I talk to say they are all for it and say they thought their MEC was as well. So this is a case of rank and file not knowing the position of their MEC. If the Amerucan pilots are truly supportive if the Eagle guys then contacting APA's MEC and asking for answers may go along way. I believe the real background is APA is willing but they are wanting the EMB-175 brought back to the mainline.
I do not think you are explaining yourself correctly; or they're not fully understanding what you are saying. We have no problem issuing every single Eagle pilot numbers, but we want all aircraft and pilots on this property to do it. Issuing a block of numbers to people not on our property isn't going to happen again. It caused 13 years of arbitrations and lawsuits. No thanks. Further, why would we want to create more issues by having two new hires in the same class, and one goes on reserve while the other goes to holding a line... Neither of them having ever paid union dues, been a member, or been on our property before. Sounds like a reverse B-Scale to me. Not interested in opening another can of worms.