Sounds good, but this will never happen. Most people are not going to stay when it looks like their company is going out of business, especially while others are going to theses companies and moving ahead in their careers.

All this pilot unity stuff sounds good but at the end of the day, we are all still competing against each other for jobs beyond the regional level. So it's all about who can get in get their time and get out the fastest, at least that's how it is supposed to work. Unfortunately, for many, the regionals have become a career, and the problem with that is, when it's your companies turn to ride the bottom of the whipsaw wave, after you've invested 10+ years in a place, you start at the bottom again, unless you get hired by mainline.

Things working against us:

1. There are still way more applicants than there are mainline jobs. And we all need that turbine time.

2. Outside of aviation, unless you have a degree or skill in something else, a pilot is an unskilled laborer. This makes starting over, and going through first year pay all over again more attractive than say working retail.

3. Our unions are held hostage by this railroad act, and mgt can drag negotiations out, instead of bargaining in good faith. Mean while they get richer, while we're stuck with the same crap wages and rules. 8 years to negotiate is just ridiculous. I mean this is the first thing that needs to be fixed in my opinion.


Management knows this and will use it against us. Things are getting better now because the pilot supply is thinking a bit. But should that change, it won't be long before a new regional comes in to undercut.