Originally Posted by
flyinawa
While I agree with your overall "it will all work out" philosophy, I do scratch my head at the "it will be junior so that's okay" acceptance. I'm sure the creators of the original B-scale used a similar "they'll just be happy to be here" thought process. Pretty soon "they" will be "us" and a perceived sellout of the lower ranks will ultimately cause a (larger) rift with the more senior pilots.
I say it will be OK for those junior because inline five says those pilots will be happy to be here and enjoying themselves, so I guess they will. Sadly, we all should have seen what the JCBA disaster taught us. It taught us we are a fragmented pilot group more interested in short-term gratification vs. long-term viability with a fragmented and clumsy leadership. Even sadder, is that if one looks at the past here, thats been a consistant theme. In fact, before I got here no major airline pilot group had a bigger reputation for "eating their young" then AA pilots. In 2020, that fragmentation will be even more apparent as the older majority 55+ most of whom lost their pensions will focus on whats good for them. That's going to be the reality and I wish I could offer a better outlook, but were bankrupt of any leverage to force Parker to do anything.