Originally Posted by
billyho
But didn't the pilots that signed up for republic do the same thing???? Nice new jets everyone!!!! Come fly them for bull crap rates and a crappy contract! Fast upgrades!!!! Only till things slowed down was when everyone starting to cry. You guys are your own worst enemies right???? It's the same crap different story!! Every regional. Your carrot is rotten.
Don't know where your getting our 145 info but it's coming along nicely and new hire classes are full!!
That happened at every regional that took a CRJ, ERJ or ejet in the last decade, RAH is far from the only guilty party. It also happened at a time when the market was flush with pilots and not enough jobs. My point is the same thing happened with your flow, but in a time when the market has reversed! Everyone should be looking at 40+ dollars an hour, but the flow carrot kept the wages down.
Also, my sources are numerous PDT captain friends, all of whom say the same thing. PDT is having a hard time transitioning from an all turbo prop airline to jets, and that the entire program manual was shot down by the FAA.