Originally Posted by
RV5M
This contract I've been hearing about that's "so close". What are they asking for? Is it realistic or are they forgetting they work for Mesa?
Would a contract ever get approved that didn't include a raise for the top-end lifers?
My seniority jumped quite a bit recently, and I don't think it's captains who are leaving.
New contract = more costly = less flying = less chance of any FOs making CA and earning a living wage
I'm sorry to anyone who thinks we're going to somehow "raise the bar" at regionals by pricing ourselves out of business, but this is a fundamental truth of the regional airline business that will never change unless:
1) We somehow have a national seniority list (never gonna happen)
or
2) We extricate airlines from the railway labor act (prob never gonna happen)
Anyone who doesn't understand the above is in for the same sore awakening we got at Pinnacle/Endeavor when we got our fancy new contract. I assume the same would be true for Comair, and very soon Eagle, unfortunately.