Originally Posted by
toomanyrjs
What the hell is up with the serious entitlement issues among regional pilots? Why should ANY RJ pilot be entitled to anything more than a chance for an interview just like the tens of thousands of mainline pilots before them? Just take a look at the miserable failure of integrating a mainline carrier with a regional when Republic tried to consolidate F9 with a bunch of whiny, spoiled, overly-entitled RJ kids. The blatant seniority grab was appalling. If anything, all regionals should be phased out of existence and those that can't qualify for a real job based on their merits should be forced out of aviation.
That's not what management or the union wants. They want to go back to hiring 250hr pilots at $20 hr.
However, since there is a shortage of pilots, regional pilots have some leverage. My personal opinion is that if management wants to continue getting pilots to work like this, they have to promise a better job in the future. AA already recognizes this, and the pilots are moving there.