Originally Posted by
rickt86
We all took this gamble together. Air willy too and silver and commutair. Many others. A real union we would have made sure United delta spirit and JetBlue gave immediate distressed carrier status to anyone getting shut down. Not to mention we teamed up on this we could have got guys on property other places that are regionals and hopefully got seniority.
But we will never know, because you guys wouldn't sign the Ffd pact, then took your deal knowing it was for massive growth at the expense Of stopping the whipsaw and now are making sick posts about don't scratch the paint on our 700s before we drop off the keys.
We voted no first followed by expressjet and rah to,stop the whipsaw and end this, and you stopped it. Not just to save yourself but to grow, take our planes, and now everyone who voted yes could his left seat.
How could you ever compare this to envoys shotgun to the head situation.
First of all this is a career, not a blackjack table. "gambling" gets you nowhere. Our union's opinion was that it was a sure thing that we would be shrunk, or shutdown. No one at PSA liked it, but we were told it was needed.
I shouldn't even respond to this part but it's so off the wall something needs to be said.........Seniority at another carrier? Give me a break man. You know that would never happen due to so many factors I could write a graduate thesis on it.
XJT, RAH, AWAC, Silver, and Commutair have literally nothing in common with the kind of negotiations that happen at WO carriers, other than the fact that we all fly regional acft. Stop fooling yourself.
As far as "sick posts," look no further than yourselves. The name calling, hate spewing, degrading nonsense all starts with YOU. Sure there have been a couple off the wall posts from PSA guys, and also that one idiot on Facebook but generally speaking PSA pilots have been pretty sedate in comparison to The Eagle blowhards. Any time a PSA pilot tries to rationally discuss the situation using facts some idiot like crusader or JT8D come on here and blast us with classless garbage like calling us slave ship drivers. How's that for a "sick post."
I know how the "shotgun to the head" feels, as much as you all keep telling yourselves that "we are different(better)."