Originally Posted by
Gearswinger
Are you implying that the Delta/Northwest merger is the same as them buying us? If so, Im not the one who needs to "get real". Look, if you want to take the tbnt as then saying you suck, be my guest. I know too many SSP rejects to accept that as fact, and the DL/NWA merger is nothing like people going in for interviews with some passing and others not passing.
Are you accepting that you / we are less deserving of equal treatment? 50 years ago we would all be flying at a mainline because the regionals were never meant (nor allowed) to be this way. Even DAL pilots had to change their contact to allow non DAL to operate their equipment. I doubt if ALPA or mainline pilots would even put up much of a fight if NAI was just another regional. Yes we may not get the same stringent hiring processes like some mainlines but that is not my / our fault. I am sure many NWA pilots would also not be a good fit for DAL and also get rejected in DAL hiring. (Not slaming any NWA pilots and nothing negative towards them.) I do not believe any regional pilots should be offered a DOH seniority or relative seniority like in a mainline merger but neither should a mainline be allowed to give a regional a take it or leave it contract. Staple or direct flow would be more fare. But I understand at a regional fairness does not apply.