Originally Posted by
deltajuliet
I wouldn't mind them working to destroy the regionals, and there'd be a few viable ways to do it, but setting a minimum standard for reasonable and livable that all regional contracts must adhere to would be sufficient too.
If tomorrow ALPA said they wouldn't sign off on any regional contract where rates were below $50 for FO's and $100 for Captains, what would happen? Could an ALPA pilot group vote something in below that per ALPA rules? If not, why wasn't this done years ago?
Alpa is the problem, you first have to recognize that. They don't work for regional pilots. Major airline pilots sold scope so they could enrich themselves at regional pilot expense.
Connect the dots. Step one in any meaningful solution is to get rid of alpa.
Alpa is not interested in making major changes, they are interested in very small changes to status quo.
Alpa speaks a good game. They make grand statements. But pilots make grand statements to. We see it every day on this forum. But it doesn't go any further than just b*tchin and letting off steam.
Pilots just don't care enough to do anything meaningful.