Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Carolina,
Our senior pilots would still vote scope sales if we had not shamed them for having done so. They've enjoyed cross collateralization of their pay and they have no intention of giving a penny back. You have to balance that knowledge with the fact they don't grasp the reality of the post deregulation market and they've had 50% of their earnings and pensions stripped away from them.
And your post is mostly correct, but not exactly correct. There was no small aircraft scope prior to roughly 1995. Several of the first deals were actually scope improvements. ASA was more of a codeshare partner than an express carrier back then. Not unlike Alaska is today.
I couldn't imagine what its like to have retirement and pensions stripped away. I too might have voted the same way under the circumstances. Having that said, I still don't think its fair for mainline pilots to look down on us as if we have stolen their jobs and ruined the industry. None of us would be here if it weren't for their unfortunate positions. Most of falcon's post was bashing us as if we were the ones that did this to them. You know more about history than I do, admittedly, but I don't think regional pilots are your enemies.