Originally Posted by
Blackhawk
I'm not so sure it will be crap. Fifty CRJ pilots were hired away by Kalitta alone this month. They are coming back next month to get another 50. I think that may have been a wake-up call for management and UAL, especially when our MEC chairman announced he was taking a slot. He was very positive about a future here and he was the reason many of us stayed as long as we have, so his announcement that he was leaving was pretty much an "every man for himself" announcement.
Pilots are needed to fly these aircraft while still fulfilling the ERJ/CRJ contracts and this is not 2012 when Comair went under and the pilots were left to take any flying job they could find if they were lucky enough to find a flying job. I've been saying for several months that UAL needed to quit dilly-dallying around or they would probably find ERJ's with UAL colors parked all over the country.
Or maybe it's wishful thinking on my part.
I think you the nail on the head. The timing of Greg Wooleys letter tells me desperation to retain has set in, but he is powerless to the cheapness surrounding him. This management group has NEVER negotiated a generous contract, so I dont expect much. I think its too late, even with new jets to attract people here.