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Old 09-03-2014 | 07:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Lambourne
I am sure you have all the inside scoop on the DL 717 operations It doesn't matter where the positions went for seniority. Did you or DL think that no mainline pilot would bid an airplane to get better seniority or perhaps an upgrade? That would show you and DL mgmnt are out of touch.

As for scope, tell yourself whatever you need to make yourself feel good. RJ's were sold as additional lift versus wholesale replacement in markets.

If the RJ flying was known to be undesirable why did you take the job? If guys like you had said no or asked for better wages to fly those RJ's we would not be having this debate. You had the chance to say NO yourself, yet you took those jobs with the intent of getting one of the mainline jobs you were helping eliminate. I suspect if we went back to 2002-2008 there would not be too many guys like you complaining about your jobs as you saw massive growth. You weren't blaming the mainline pilots for your upgrades back then.
Get over yourself, Gramps. Regional pilots took these jobs because that was the path to the majors in the 90s and early 2000s after you guys sold out scope and you could no longer go straight to a major. Then we got stuck here when you greedy boomers extended the retirement age to reward yourselves with 5 more years of top pay at our expense. Now go back to your shuffleboard game.