Originally Posted by
Varsity
Are you serious?
The only people to blame for RJ's existing is the mainline pilots who sold out scope to keep a few more dollars in their paycheck.
There is no shortage of people wanting to fly for a living. Regionals have classes full until next year. It you create it, it will get staffed.
The only people creating this mess of a system are the greedy mainline pilots saying "eff the scum below me, I got mine." Now there are a few realizing the heavy intl flying is getting farmed out to JV's at the top and the regional jet flying is getting bigger at the bottom saying "oh no guys! let's band together now that my future wb job might be at risk!"
Oh yes, Varsity. That’s EXACTLY how it went down *eyeroll*. Yes in 2003 we all got SUPER greedy and decided to vote in a contract that, for me personally, resulted in a 60% paycut.
You’re wrong about another thing too. If you look at UAL over the past year and look ahead to the next 2 years, you’ll see substantial growth both in domestic and international capacity.... at mainline. What “farming out” are you talking about? I’m doing layovers in cities I haven’t seen in almost 20 years. EUG, MFR, BNA, SBA, PSP, etc etc.
And, shockingly, wrong again about all the regionals being able to fill classes. At least according to management. *Cough* Great Lakes *Cough*