Originally Posted by
Paid2fly
The point you're missing is that if pilots would stop selling out and working for the "bottom feeders", then those "bottom feeders" would have no choice other than improving the pay and benefits to staff those places! The cheerleading being done for employment with J.O., Hulas, and B.B., etc. is not helpful to the profession, or any employees of those "bottom feeders" in attaining improvements in their respective contracts!
WRONG. If people stop coming to Mesa (or wherever else), the legacies will simply shift the flying around to other regionals (or create more regionals if they need to).
There is nothing to be gained at the regional level--the only thing regional pilots can do is price ourselves out of existence.
Go talk to a Pinnacle/Mesaba/Comair pilot about how it worked out for them when they finally got the contracts they fought so hard for. Maybe then you'll realize that no-shows for new hire classes and improved contracts at the regional level simply mean misery, furloughs, and downgrades for everyone.