Originally Posted by
Speedbird2263
I understand to an extent your argument however, IMO your example using LH, ANA etc. carriers is a bit off, seeing as they are foreign carriers and the job security gleaned from a cradle to grave "interview/flow" would benefit American Jobs. In a lot of cases also ALPA jobs for ALPA Pilots. I fly for a regional carrier and also jumpseat quite a bit on mainline carriers and agree that there are bad apples on both sides of the fence and screening is necessary. My argument is that would it not behoove the profession to have this "screening" extended to all in the profession?
Would this not go farther in the way of securing job security and career progression for all pilots? I'm just adding my two cents here fwiw.
-2263
2263,
I understand your position. I was a proponent of mainline buying and flying the RJ's back in 97 when the scope relief was given. That would have satisfied our pilot staffing needs for years to come. However, it didn't work out that way and the toothpaste is out of the tube now.
Personally I think they should give preferential interviews and hiring the the XJT group. They were the closest aligned with CO and were single carrier flown ops. Adding the ASA family of carriers it operates for hurts the XJT group IMHO. If XJT was single carrier flown as UAX then I think there would be a better chance of an interview and a XJT2U program like DL to Endeavor. Supposedly there was a team working on a program last year at our training center and it was disbanded due to not being able to hammer out an agreement or terms. That is what I was told at my last event in Denver. Take it for what it is worth.
I definitely would support seeing the XJT group being given preferential hiring and would be very much opposed to SKYW being offered the same due to the lack of ALPA representation. Of course like the RJ's flown by mainline pilots back in the day, I don't get a vote on this issue.