Originally Posted by
Klsytakesit
We need to start pushing for a resolution that will place the Virgin dudes on our payscale the day we get the keys tothe airline......No reason for them not to be......We have got to start strengthening the whole group....our 1600 and their 700 to fight for the 2018 contract....We need to rapidly scoop them up and prepare for what is truly important.....
This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
There are already too many fragments in the AS pilot group and now risk further separation based on SLI...this has got to stop so the combined pilot group can focus on better COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
In all reality, there is likely but a smallest percentage of people who really seek to go fly "the other metal" considering aside from LAX, AS has a handful of central Cali or East Coast commuters to which the VA domicile of SFO or JFK is attractive or vice-versa.
Try to keep in mind that these merger talks pre-date the QX contract talks so management had to factor in a labor plan that would integrate into a future AS/VA operation. And that QX contract is a pretty jagged pill they were coerced into swallowing.
There needs to be 2400 very united and vigilant pilots ready to spot a turd contract pushed to a vote. The future 5th largest airlines pilot group needs to have a set of balls early or this future operation could have a painful quality of life through 2023.