Originally Posted by
Purple Drank
Not saying we should use any capital, but we better find away to eliminate the language that allows outsourcing.
Who knows, maybe someone will invent a "Mr. Fusion" for jet engines. Maybe cheap foreign pilots will become available to fly them. Maybe Sleepy Ed or another high-functioning sociopath will take over for RA and try to re-invent the outsourcing wheel.
Even if the company wants to bring DCI back to mainline, we've got to make sure they can't outsource it in the future. Put the genie back in the bottle!
I completely agree with PD. Take note of the time and date.
Technical advancements could undo all of our assumptions and degrade our profession, same thing with misguided legislation to "fix" a pilot shortage. We have to be vigilant.
Here's the difference of pay rates:
American Eagle $104
ExpressJet $97
Republic $119
SkyWest $112
Air Wisconsin $101
GoJet $97
Horizon $114
Mesa $104
Pinnacle $87
Trans States $97
AVERAGE $103
Delta E195 $154.48
Delta E190/CRJ900 $131.42
I think it's still a significant gap to breach in C2015, and I think that the odds are better for us to have a TA before the bottom finally falls out of DCI. It surely will get hairy if I am mistaken.