Originally Posted by
texaspilot76
Just a thought here:
What if we said "ok, we will allow you to add an RJ for every additional mainline aircraft you add, and if you reduce a mainline airframe, you drop an RJ."
It seems an agreement like that would prevent job loss, and perhaps increase mainline pilot jobs. We could offer something like that in exchange for higher rates and profit sharing.
Since management wants to trade 50 seaters for 70 seaters, why not allow them to have no net gain of seats? Fine, you get X amount of 70 seaters but you must trade in more 50 seaters? I know the company doesn't like the 50 seaters so use the desire of management to get 70 seaters as a bargaining chip for us to get industry leading pay and work rules?
Again trade seat for seat , NOT airplane for airplane and we don't lose any seats to scope. If they don't wanna play, then they won't get any airframe changes they need with us going to arbitration.. Thoughts?