Originally Posted by Utah

Oh it was a terrible deal. We all got screwed over. Everyone got a pay raise, a new bonus program that guarantees a payout of a couple thousand a year, increased retirement, better work rules, increased MDG... It's been so bad we've only added 500 pilots to the seniority list since it passed. (Actually we've hired about a 1000 and 500 have moved on to better places.) Only upgraded 2-300 hundred. Added more aircraft and we're so busy no one can get any time off and new hires hardly spend a month on reserve.

It's been so bad we got a special deal with United that guarantees an interview if you won't quit- Oh wait we don't have that.

Every day at work I hear from other pilots how they wished they had gone to work at Eagle, Mesa, Republic, or even ExpressJet. That with the union representation they have over there they wouldn't be getting screwed over like we are.

I haven't heard about anyone wanting to go to Boutique though. (And just think how much more miserable your life would have been if you had come to work here years ago at this crummy non-union airline. You live in Denver? You'd be a line holding captain making $100K+ without a commute.)

I knew when I turned down offers at Comair and ACA to come here I had screwed up.