Originally Posted by
Bravo3
Sad because there are sellouts who are ignoring history...ComAir strike for better pay and work rules for all of us. Sad because there are sellouts who are happy to undercut their peers. Sad because there are sellouts who are chasing upgrades regardless of pay and work rules. Sad because there are sellouts who will do anything to fly a shiny new jet. Sad because you will never know, never understand.
I'm a sellout?
After being downgraded and furloughed at a "good" company and after working my butt off in about five ALPA positions for two regionals, I'm a sellout for chasing a quick upgrade here?
I can say the same thing of multiple other experienced people coming to Mesa for the quick upgrade now--it's not "selling out"--it's a purely cynical decision based on our experiences being at "good" regionals.
If I'm not on CA pay within 12 months, I'm going to take one of the multiple corporate/international contract gigs I can go do at anytime. Or hopefully/maybe JetBlue or Spirit. Does that make you feel any better about my "selling out?"
I'll go a step further and say that I don't think the new hires with CFI-only time chasing the quick upgrade are sellouts either. They're making a cynical (and smart) economic choice--roll the dice that they'll get in and attrition will pick up, or that further growth will happen. If it doesn't work out, guess what? Every other crappy regional will still be hiring FOs for the rest of the decade--who cares that you lost a year of RJ pay and seniority at Eagle/XJet/etc. to roll the dice on attrition/growth at Mesa?
The SELLOUTS are the individuals sitting widebody CA at a legacy who wouldn't leave when they turned 65.