Originally Posted by
89Pistons
Plan:
- Hire some, not all, gullible pilots who may not easily recognize our mis-steps
- Cancel and push back some A/C orders
- Plant the seed for managements desire to have scope relief
- Tell the pilots the airline is growing but still stop hiring for a while and hope they don't stop relying on false hope.
- Once the pilots start recognizing it announce a new route or two in order to get them wet again and to get them to overlook that we're still not hiring and overlook that aircraft deferrals usually don't come to fruition
- If they squawk about getting a substantially lower PS check, or no check at all, tell them times are tough
- The above happens at the beginning of contract negotiations. Hey, we can turn this thing around with 70 seat relief.
Let's all sing: WE'RE #3, WE'RE #3, WE'RE #3!!!
Everyone knows managements tune. All the new pilots coming from other airlines have heard management's bs for years. No one is dumb enough to believe everything the company says and no one is allowing 70 seat scope. The only people that may do that are a few selfish senior guys trying to do a cash grab. Even the new military pilots know scope relaxation means furlough. I don't know why people always assume new pilots don't understand this. I suppose it's good review from time to time in case someone slips through the cracks.
Also, our pilots aren't being gullible, they're just not looking at the world like its raining all the time. Perhaps your message to not trust management is valuable to some Marvin who comes here and actually believes everything the company says. I just don't think there are very many people who do.