Originally Posted by
DCA A321 FO
the Phoenix pilots and their families have lost, and will continue to lose, millions of dollars in salary, benefits and quality of life.
Flying 330's to Europe was never in the Amercan West game plan so how can you lose what you never had?
Yeah, exactly. Doesn't everyone in PHX have the exact same job (or better) that they would've had if HP would have stayed a separate airline? Flying narrowbodies out of PHX for a second tier airline on a second tier contract?
Wait, no, with the closure of LAS, pilots would've been furloughed instead of given the opportunity to fly flying out of East hubs. You have more pilots than you have flying and instead of getting more furloughs because of that, you were gifted some of the East flying, slowing down east hiring and movement. So, actually, you guys have it better than you would've otherwise. And no, the east/usapa/etc did not prevent you from getting a better contract. Doug would've still been your CEO and would've still made sure you were working for cheap.
If you wanted a first class job flying widebodies for a legacy making industry leading pay, the only way you were going to get that is start filling out job applications. It was never going to happen at America West and the east did nothing to "take" that from you.