Wow, a well thought out post Bzzt. Usually your posts are bemoaning your position and come across as whining. I wished that you had taken that Compass job. In the long run, it's another regional but you should be a Captain in short order that should enable you to move on to better places sooner rather than later. There are plenty of other jobs out there that include other regionals if you absolutely have to in order to move on right now. I spent years as an Eagle FO and bailed earlier this year for a LCC. I know you've tried hard to move on. And yes, I got lucky but I did put a lot of effort into my search as well. I just happened to be at the right place at the right time as my quals were no different than a thousand others out there.

The best thing Eagle pilots can do is bail out of that AAG cesspool as quickly as possible. Even if it's only for a "slightly greener" pasture if that's all you can find. Hopefully it's not another regional, but if it is then you have to do what you have to do. Hopefully, more Eagle guys walk out the door than what AAG requires at the moment. That's sure to put them in a bind and they aren't counting on it. I'm sure are counting on having enough bodies to play their chess game up until the point where they are ready to furlough and conveniently dispose of the pieces that aren't needed.

AAG knows they can count on the top 500 to be around, but anyone below that hopefully has their apps in everywhere with numbers 500 to 800 or so with the flow as a backup plan only.

Knowing management reads these boards, it only hurts the pilots when you read the overload of grammatical and spelling errors on these posts along with the incessant bi**hing and moaning. We really come across as a bunch of dip**its.

Use these boards as a networking tool and focus on posting positive things like big attrition numbers or multiple flights cancelled due to no crew. I wished that EGL ALPA would post attrition numbers on a monthly basis. It can only help to look at the overall picture and put together what's going on.

Unfortunately your union isn't looking out for you. My LCC is ALPA also and I cannot believe the difference. I view regional ALPA's almost as an extension of management. There were definitely some good volunteers at EGL ALPA over the years but when you really need them they prove to be largely ineffective.

Examples are repeated contract violations, MA's for the 117 reserve fiasco and shortchanging by the payroll department on a consistent basis with almost no recourse over my 7 years there. I tried to use proper channels but I never felt that the union was there to back me up should I really need them. Again, I must stress that there were some great reps and other volunteers that really tried hard, but the organization as a whole is virtually worthless.