Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
Yeah nice try, doesn’t work. When I was hired SFO was the only base. I commuted 6 months before moving to base. LAX became a base and then later New York at the end of 2013. I already moved twice for this job, once when hired into SFO and then once more when NY opened. I didn’t choose this place because I somehow magically guessed what bases would open after being hired. Very few people chose to come to VX because of its base offering. As opposed to AS which is notoriously known to “prefer” PNW zip code applicants.
As for VX, we voted in ALPA very quickly in 2015 considering the airline started flying in 2007. Our first contract would have come, just like JetBlue did with their first ALPA contract. Anyway that’s going off on acenarios that can’t play out. I know what AS pilots think of this acquisition. I like your assertion of OAL pilot opinions on this acquisition. What do you mean “don’t see this acquisition the same way.” Why beat around the bush, just say what you want. It’s not about how you see this acquisition. It’s about your (and now our) current contract being sub-par and surpassed by ALL 7 other legacy/mainline carriers.
So if not base, then what brought you to VX? It wasn’t the pay, it wasn’t the retirement, it wasn’t the air tight scope, it wasn’t the CBA... There had to be some reason you willingly overlooked the things you are now so adamant about. Was it just the first place that called? Since when is living in base NOT a major factor in where someone goes for employment. Living in base IS a huge QOL determinant. You guys just like to use it now as a rally cry for your unhappiness. Look around, there is an industry wide slow down going. The 10 yr cycle has probably run it’s course and may start downward. AS is far from THE PREMIER AIRLINE buuuuuut so was VX. The fact you voted in ALPA means nothing. VX lagged far behind the industry for a decade and from the moment you interviewed there, you were apparently ok with that. However, you stand on a soap box and tell others they’re decisions, no matter how identical to yours, are wrong.