Originally Posted by
sublime259
Ok buddy, easy on the use of question marks, you sound like you're going to blow a gasket.
That being said, use that rationale when you have this same convo in indoc. Seriously. You fail to mention that while we did say no to 175's at lower rates, we also said no to 900's at b-scale rates, rates that PSA was all too happy to accept. Did I also mention that PSA's MEC asked AAG for our pilots along with our planes? Oh and one HUGE thing I also forgot, the reason why we eventually had to say yes was because any leverage that was had in the regional industry was destroyed by PSA "lowering the bar."
Again, have this same exact conversation in indoc and report back. I'm sorry if you're upset that envoy pilots don't like PSA pilots but that is reality. You think I'm harsh on here? You should hear my coworkers on the line. Again. Agree with me or not but that is the reality we're in. It's a damn shame I'll ever have to share a cockpit with a PSA pilot but I've accepted that it is a likely reality.
I thought the same thing you think for about a year when the vote first happened.
PSA would have never flown your E-jets, or 145's. You could have held out for the moon for them. The flow is why your contract passed. Your leverage was lost when your furture planes were moved to Compass and your current planes were moved to XJT, Trans States, and PDT.
You were literally shown the path of Comair.
If the 900's & 700's went to PSA without 12/4, how would you have prevented the other planes from moving?
A judge ruled several years ago that only the Eagle pilot union could fly Eagle planes since their company co-signed the loans to buy them. When your Union surrendered that for flow your pilot group became a victim of extortion.