Originally Posted by
Knobcrk1
That's my point, how do you negotiate when you're brainwashed into thinking you're in the "minors". You can't. Alpa is partly to blame in perpetuating this mentality. It's amazing how even in this market, places like Mesa and Skywest pass subpar contracts with big pay gaps with the majors. Management can pay more, but they don't have to when we're voting in these agreements justifying them somehow.
You are way off in my opinion. Are you familiar with the term "whipsaw?" Do a little research into the history of regionals. Plenty have tried to fight along the way but we've never had much if any leverage. Low pay at the regionals definitely didn't exist because of brainwashing. Had any of us gone to management 10 years ago and demanded the better pay we deserved we would've been laughed out of the room and have our flying replaced by regional airline b in a heartbeat. Lack of unity didn't help, but that isn't the same as an inferiority complex or whatever you're implying. Today market forces have thankfully pushed wages higher.
Here is an example of what happened when one regional tried to hold the line: https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/gojet/39975-gojet-tsa-history-lesson.html