Originally Posted by
Work4life
With exception of early days of the union, which btw was well before our time, what exactly has ALPA done to improve your average pilots' QOL, pay, and bennies? They've been caving left and right to management in exchange for seniority-senior pilots eating the young. How many sell outs have there been, even here at your small pilot group? How about union drops for personal gain and boondoggle "union meetings" in Las Vegas and other enticing locations while feasting it up with union dues?
Good Job btw, I can tell you did it for the fame and not the service. So thank you for nothing.
Other then the military boasting, You bring up one great point, because it perfectly aligns with my narrative! Thank you! Every single legacy out there (but Alaska is by far the least tasteful) has sold the collective profession down river.
Because this sub is filled with extremes: egotistical gloaters and miserable depressors, I could care less about any of you. How bout dat?! VX never had a chance to have a positive influence upon you, and thats just too bad now. 3/4-ish of Horizon pilots dont want to pathway into Alaska unless its the last possible alternative. How bout dat?!
The article said
a replacement to aging 737's but you miserable fools immediately started screaming about scope, its even in the title. And not one of you stopped and said whoa, we need scope but lets be civilized because the sky aint falling yet. I dont give a damn about your management, I care about the union that is is supposed to keep them honest. How bout dat?!
Since, I will either retire here or move on, I now hope we get the E195s. I'm sure your egoists will happily allow that for $1/hour, and we will do it for cheaper and commiserate with the not terrible among you as we take your jobs. Might be that 3/4-ish of Horizon pilot group agrees, hahaha. How bout dat?! And if those aircraft go to SkyWest, I will say adios, and go to my 4th regional or back to corporate since 3rd time wasnt the charm. How bout dat?!
Originally Posted by
Work4life
I understand that civilian pilots have to gain experience some how but you do realize that when you work for a regional, especially one with a non-unionized pilot group, that you are aiding the very entity that is undercutting our profession?!?!
You have no idea what you're talking about. Go back into your fantasy world, and tell all your friends how awesome you were for holding onto a mil job an extra decade while the civilian world put the pieces back together. Or learn something, because we did not have a choice. The lost decade hit the civilian pilot world hard and we care about scope because we know first hand that starting again at seniority zero SUCKS. The regionals never should have gone beyond a turbo-prop but mainline pilots, who are just as full of themselves as you are, sold it all for an additional fraction of pay. So here we are.