Originally Posted by OnCenterline

I was at Comair until the end. This is almost a carbon copy of how it started there. As for the name-calling and nasty comments, that helps no one. There isn't a person on here that really knows what they would or would not do in a particular situation until their backs are against the wall.

As for the guys and gals that are going to PSA to fly these planes, don't blame them. Over the years, numerous airlines have been "the bad guy:" Mesa, Great Lakes, even Eagle (if you have a long enough memory). We live in a Wal-Mart society, and by that I mean we have all complained about losing jobs to China, yet we race to Wal-Mart or Target for a sale on a product that is no longer made here.

This is the same thing, and until the folks at ALPA National change the way ALPA is structured and does business, this will continue.

I also think this is one of the ways that management will deal with the lack of pilots: reduce the RJ flying, and then move the remainder of the planes around. They know that a certain number of pilots from Envoy will recycle through, just like a certain number at Comair did. But, it won't be all of them, and some will leave the industry and not come back. Combined with the lack of new pilots entering the pipeline (it's not enough to stem the retirement tide), this sort of action is simply a Band-Aid on a fire hydrant.