Originally Posted by
intrepidcv11
Joe,
Besides attempting to forgive scabs, you certainly are willing to buy into the spin. Simple fact is RJ economics are pushing the lawn darts towards the dumpster. The Q's are being rid of, because they are less reliable then the Cubs after the 7th inning. Btw they are being replaced with far more capable 76 seat jets (winner!
) Those are the facts, not perspective. These were not the pilot group's problems, thus gloating about the pathetic 'scope choke' after we unzipped our fly on the large RJ makes you look foolish.
Talk about spin. Explain to me how going from 557 planes to 255 planes in the UAX fleet over a 6 year period is a loss even if the seats go from 50 to 76 which is not wholly accurate because the fleet already had 100+ 70 seaters.
Turns out the ALPA SMEs were not the idiots some claimed they were, and you my friend are definitely a Glass Half Empty kind of guy. Did you complain about getting an iPad too because they didn't teach you how to use it?
Oh and for the record I didn't buy into the spin. This spin I made all by myself. The UAX fleet is rapidly reducing and the 76 seaters are severely limited unless we order a NB. That is the definition of SCOPE CHOKE, and yes you're right the 50 seaters are going of their own evolutionary demise, but that was part of the ALPA position from the start. Go back and read the quote from the SME. That's exactly what he said to expect and exactly what everyone here was denying in 2012. Flying is returning to mainline and that is good news. Why can't you and the other APCers ever once be happy about something in life. I can't imagine a sadder group of Eeyores anywhere in the world.