Originally Posted by Captain Tony

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Originally Posted by FDX8891


You know what I was talking about. Seriously though, the draw-down is already occurring and with about 10 aircraft already gone for the year, we're still raising the red-flag to cover flying. Not by any means time to hit the panic button.

I totally get that this company is not going where it should, but until they start offering leaves for line pilots, I'm not worried about much. I think there's a reason why United hasn't dished out a lot of their 70 seaters, and I think that reason is because we don't have our crap together yet. We have aircraft coming off lease, and we have PILOTS. Just wait, once we get a contract, we'll magically start getting 170s...

And by contract, I mean in no way, shape or form a concessionary deal.

And if we don't get a contract? Then United will dish out what they can, but will simply cut service to exclusively 50-seater routes. That's so far down the road though...

Prepare for the worst, hope for the best. I don't like what I see, but who knows what's going to happen.




That's great, but as Luis has pointed out so many times, it's going to be nearly impossible to avoid some concessions on the L-XJT contract. The DC Fund, OJI Bank, and 90% PPO are outliers that no other regional, and many larger airlines don't have. I see no way management will agree to move forward with them intact, but there are some mitigating strategies on the table.

The question you need to ask yourselves is what good are these perks if you lose your job?