Originally Posted by
embraer
Live and learn.
If only you had that capability.
Originally Posted by
embraer
And buddies: Who said I'm waiting for the flow? A guaranteed job is something to keep in your back pocket. Just ask the all the Eagle guys who are flowing to AA. Many of them haven't updated their logbook since the 90s...let alone done all the other rigmarole needed to get a mainline job such as attend countless career fairs, cough up obscene amounts of money to interview prep companies, etc...
MANY, but not all. The fact is many despite being just as qualified as the next pilot won't make it as the dynamics just don't play out. A limited number of slots could ruin the timing due to age or other factors for many. To assume that everyone who DOES flow to AA wasn't hirable anywhere else is just as silly and stupid is inferring they are all fat and/or diabetic. It is for this reason exactly WHY it is so important for pilots to get a FAIR deal at Envoy, because pilots there may spend many more years then they anticipated for a multitude of reasons, especially with a staggering 10-year deal (the past industry standard was usually 4-years.....and that was for a REASON).
You guys are lobbying for a BAD deal, plain and simple.