Originally Posted by
Mesabah
Regionals are safe, and have service scores that are on par with mainline, or in some cases higher than mainline(compass). Passengers don't care, the only people who can help us, are us. We have gotten away from traditional union operating procedure to the current Moakism. Some pilots need to be removed from having an influence on the process.
I can't even figure out what the Moak group's product actually is. I think management just gives him millions, and he produces advice in a report that management immediately puts in the trash.
Not saying regionals aren't safe or good. I'm saying the contrary. We are good enough to fly the pax/metal/livery but not good enough to get a paycheck that says United/AA/DAL. That is fundamentally wrong, and while I'm all for free market capitalism, the way seniority works, the way ALPA and management seem to be in bed with each other, this isn't a free labor market. It's grossly against pilots, who have little to no leverage (especially at the regional level).
Some pax know how regionals work, but I bet you most either don't know or don't have a choice to fly on a regional contract carrier when buying tickets on a mainline website, but I think the majority would back a law requiring them to fly on a United flight if it looks like United, walks like United, and is bought on the United site. The fact that pilots (ALPA) let us get to where we are is sad.