Originally Posted by
Elliot
"ALPA-sanctioned?
Really?
As I recall, which PD alluded to as well, nobody was holding a gun to your head, forcing you to work for those wages. Guess what would happen if the Regional airline industry had ZERO applicants to choose from? Maybe the "regional stepping-platform"
WAGES wouldn't exist like they do today!
Everyone wants to work at a major/legacy. All of them require turbine time. Military is an option as are come corporate/cargo gigs. But for the most part the overwhelming majority of civilian guys have to go through regional airlines to meet the mins for the legacy/major airlines. But that's not the point....
Lets call a spade a spade. It is an outsourced feeder operation flying your Delta logo slapped on RJs flying at one time nearly 50% of your Delta feed with outsourced pilots making less than half what you make. Instead of turning this on the regional pilots, how about "guess what would have happened if legacy pilots stood up for what's right and not allow RJs to be outsourced in the first place in the 90s starting with Comair?" That's the better question. Those jets should be operated at the legacy airline. Delta has a published CRJ-900 payrate. Compare that to every single DCI carrier. See how many CRJ-900s are operated by Delta Air Lines and how many operated by regionals operating as Delta Connection. How about we fix that problem instead of blaming regional pilots for accepting regional wages which they are only doing to try and make it to your carrier?