Originally Posted by Hercbubba

I highly recommend not taking any RSA trips. Fact of the matter is most pilots are greedy and they will take them. I will bet my first year paycheck, we won't have a contract for another 18-20 months. The company saves about 400MM every year they don't have one. We can sit here and ***** about whatever we think, but nothing is going to happen anytime soon. The Railroad labor act from 1926, and it's amendment for the airline industry in 1934ish, only benefit the company, not the poor little union folks. Look at Hawaiian, and get ready for the sam type of outcome. JB is up for it's first contract, so expect the company to draw out as much time as it can. Until then, 100-150 pilots will continue to leave and go to a major airline. Face it...if we want major airline pay, then we are going to have to get on with a major airline. ALPA will never get a good contract for Frontier, JB, Hawaiian or any commuter it represents, because they make all their money off the Big 3 (UAL, Delta, and Fedex).