Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44 
It's safe to say the title of this thread is ignorant and long term regional pilots will not be saved is this scam happens. The regionals were meant to be a short term job. 9/11 happened, the economy crashed, and the retirement age raising to 65 caused a lost decade with no movement to the majors. That is just bad timing. Wrecking the entire industry is not the solution.
Originally Posted by
GogglesPisano
Rarely has a single post summarized a three-page thread full of sour grapes and victimhood so succinctly and accurately. Top marks, Hockeypilot.
"I didn't make it to the big leagues so screw the profession. I'll gladly fly a 787 for a nonunion foreign operator for barely more than CRJ CA pay, cuz ... well, cuz ALPA should've handed me a job at a major, dammit!"
But DAL has CRJ pay on their books and has yet to pay it! CAL scabs welcomed back into ALPA. DAL shutting down Comair (Comair pilots having to start all over, would you still call NWA pilots having sour grapes if none of them were allowed to continue working at DAL if they complain?) DAL being allowed to force a company into bankruptcy and use bankruptcy laws only to get out of contract obligations. Legal agreements outright ignored by DAL and ALPA.
I do not promote NAI but I do have much confusion on who and what is really wrecking the entire industry. Maybe there is some justification of sour grapes and victimhood just like many mainline pilots had during or after the Lorenzo era. You forgot about Lorenzo Hockey.