Originally Posted by
DraGoon
Exactly, so why fly a 20 yr old jet when you can fly a 1 yr old jet for the same pay. Outside of losing out on seniority, which is a huge deal, why not fly the new jet. I see a lot of posts on hear about SJS. All things remaining equal, a new hire presented with the opportunity to Fly the E175 vs E145 who is going to choose the E145 other than to get a specific base. Plus the E145 40-50 seat jet that most airlines are looking to get rid of, including Envoy, is a dying airframe. Doesnt Envoy have like 20 E140s sitting in the desert and plans to transfer some to another WO? Part of the reason Republic went into bankruptcy is because they wanted to get rid of their older birds, q400s and E145s because they are having a problem staffing them. Even a noob like me can see that. Should the airline staff 10 50 seaters or 7 70 seaters? Between the E175, C-Series and MRJ any and every 50 seater is nearing its end of useful service.
You do realize that absent a fragmentation scenario, that the death of those "dying airplanes" would likely result in those senior bumping you down or even out of the 1 year old jet, yes ?
For example, if they started parking 145's in DFW and had an excess number of more senior "dead jet" pilots they needed to trim they would most likely be displacing into your status. Seniority is the name of the game and if say you were displaced out of DFW 175 to something you could hold, say ORD 145, what would you do ?
I suppose you could then turn your nose up and quit, but wouldn't that have just been a waste of months or years ? It almost sounds like there are a group of journeyman E-175 pinch-hitters floating around the industry shopping for E-175 seats wherever. If that's all that matters, those are sone screwed up priorities that will come back to haunt you later, if you ask me.