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Old 05-31-2007 | 08:01 AM
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Loooong sigh....here we go again...

There are previous GoJets threads here on APC. They are hard to read because there is a great deal of anger mixed in. I'll summarize to hopefully save you some trouble:

Do Not work for GoJets...they are the next best thing to scabs. You will definately carry a stigma for the rest of your career, and you might be denied employment later on.

Are you familiar with the Mesa / Freedom A debacle? If so, gojets is just like Freedom A, that is to say an alter-ego airline. An alter-ego is not "fair market competition", it is an airline-within-an-airline that exists to get around the union contract of the existing airline. Most union contracts have a scope clause that prevents this sort of thing, but Mesa and TSA didn't have strong enough language.

Basically GoJets was created and used by management because they couldn't get TSA to agree to fly larger RJ's for cheap. So they created a "new" airline and started replacing TSA flying with gojets airplanes. Some gojets pilots voluntarily came over from TSA...this allowed them to jump seniority to a quicker upgrade while those still at TSA suffered the loss of flying.

Again don't do it if you have any self-respect, or hope for any respect from your peers. If in doubt, go to ORD terminals E & F...you'll see a bunch of furtive looking pilots hiding out in the back corners of unused gate areas. You'll also notice that when they walk around their badges are turned around so they can't be easily identified as gojets. They are afraid to show their faces in any of the ORD crew rooms...their behavior alone tells you that they are ashamed of what they do, and they know it's wrong. Is that how you want to spend your regioanl career? Hiding from other pilots?
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