Originally Posted by Snowman
ALPA is finally getting a clue now though. They have realized that their precious mainline salaries are going to be under attack (AGAIN) because the disparity between the regional's pay and the major's pay is inducing management to lower mainline pay in order to "close the gap".
Ok, I've been rambling. I admit it. But anybody reading this needs to understand that pilot salaries won't go back up until pilots band together and face their respective managers with one unified voice. All of you ALPA leaders need to recognize that your failure to support the regional pilots in their quest for liveable wages has done more to undermine your own mainline interests and salaries than anything else.
I love my job, but I can't stand the fact that I could make twice as much money tomorrow if I took my 4-year degree to Wendy's or Home Depot.
I concur with Snoman. I said this on another POST. Every Mainline carrier Pilot group needs to get it's regional affiliates pilots one 1 seniority list. This would be the first step in establishing, for the lack of a better term, a "Minimum Wage". It will be very difficult and complicated because it entails merging seniority lists and hashing out flo-through agreements up as well as back.This will be necessarry to stop the "Race to the Bottom".
Once this is accomplished, managements won't be able to play one group against the other............Mainline Pilots don't want jobs outsourced to Rejionals. Regionals pilots want bigger A/C for bigger pay and quality time building in hopes for the shot at the big boys someday. As long as this continues the race to the bottom will continue................................
One list, one group, one contract...........................