Originally Posted by
CGfalconHerc
Not "holier than thou", buddy..more like stabbed in the back. But since you were hired before 911, looks like you want to rewrite history.
Big, bad, arrogant DL pilots wrote strike assessment checks to Comair pilots when they were out on strike to try and bring the RJ pilots closer to parity with mainline. I checked for Comair struck work while in the 72 out of CVG to help my fellow 121 brothers improve the profession, since only DL Mainline pilots could easily REPLACE Comair pilots and crush their strike. We helped Comair pilots become the highest paid RJ pilots in the industry..but I guess our efforts were no big deal since we all look down on RJ pilots and their families.
We had a "no furlough" clause in our C2K contract that gave RJ pilots unprecedented growth in addition to our pay rates...then came the RJDC that did nothing but perpetuate the "class warfare". But I guess I "sold" scope, knowing that 911, ect would put nearly all of DL's domestic lift in the boneyard. Then, after 911, the Comair MEC, refused to let furloughed DL pilots sit in the RIGHT seat to keep some income coming in.
Why do I have to keep telling this story?! Cause guys keep spinning the history to fit .."Big, bad DL is screwing us. They want us to actually interview for a job, even though there are 11k guys eagerly waiting for the same opportunity. Mainline DL pilots are arrogant jerks..they don't care about the RJ guys"..yeah, right buddy!
Wow, 3 base closures, downgrades, and you had to pay to non-rev on mainline? Yeah, you had it pretty bad. How long did it take you to upgrade to the left seat? How many hours of TPIC do you have? Why are you still at Xjt..didn't you apply to SWA or even DL when there was hiring back in 07-08?
You're in the front of the biggest hiring wave in history..with all that experience..you can go anywhere..just don't complain if you have to actually interview for the job at UAL, AA or SWA.
Remember, this whole thread is about 9E pilots being angry that they get SPECIAL consideration for a job at Delta..I don't get why y'all are so upset.
Good luck.
I don't know the history, but was Comair hiring at the time? I can understand you being upset if these furloughs were being passed over for new hires, but was that the case or would Comair have had to furlough junior guys to make room? Was there any flow back agreement? Honest question, I don't know the answer.
If not, why would you have anymore importance than a junior Comair FO? Just because they contract for Delta, doesn't make them the same company. You or any other furloughee are not entitled to a job at Comair anymore than a Comair guy, or now Endeavor guy, is at Delta. I think that's where people have an issue with your attitude. That and the whole "regional guys stole my job."
Like somebody else said, if you focused on bringing the regional flying in house, you'd get a nice little seniority bump and furlough protection. Maybe even an upgrade on a crj900? That's what we all want, jobs at mainline, not bickering between two pilot groups who want the same thing, but blame each other for their plight. Us regional pukes are essentially powerless, anytime improvements are sought, our flying can be stripped away and our jobs transfered to the next cheapest operator. We all want out as soon as possible. You mainline guys hold all the power and are the only ones who can enact positive change.