Originally Posted by
prior121
Cool story brah...
Newsflash: all the regionals suck, JO isn't the only CEO who wishes he could replace FOs with monkeys.
We are contract employees to the majors and the cheapest bidder gets the flying. Hmm I bet a monkey would be cheaper than me. I think YOU and a lot of people forget that.
Look what happened to Comair, look what's happening to Eagle. I commend them for standing up for the industry but we aren't mainline pilots and we don't have the leverage (mainline) pilots have. If we get too expensive we're gone. Period.
Heck I wish we could put vending machines in the back and that FA pay could be tacked onto my pay. Just sayin'
Enjoy your failing 125 operation.
You keep repeating the same thing ad nauseam, but the truth is some regionals suck less than others. If people would quit flocking to the worst of them(and most know who those are), the worst offenders would be forced to raise their pay and benefits to continue to operate. This would also benefit the whole industry since management at the better regionals would no longer be able to point to the bottom feeders as an argument against being able to increase pay and benefits at the "better" regionals.
Maybe, just maybe, we could actually look forward to stopping the continual slide in pay and benefits. Professional pilots should not be able to qualify for food stamps!