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.
I thought that was already covered. Nobody is entitled to anything. Entitlement is irrelevant. It's only what is negotiated. In the history of aviation, has there been any regional that has benefited when a mainline buys a regional? Possibly Mesaba until the DAL/NWA merger and DAL not honoring NWA's agreement with Mesaba and ALPA failing to enforce it.