Originally Posted by
TeeRainPULup
If they ever what to make more than 42 bucks a hour they better be upset. A lot of FO’s have families and even though their wife/husband may work, majority want to stop paying for child care or maybe they have in laws willing to raise their kids if so more power to them sitting on there ass at the house while there wife/husband goes to work but can’t leave the kids with him/her because he/she may get called for a trip.
Our profession is unique in this aspect. Our work rules are critically important for these reasons,. Crappy QOL drove pilots away from applying regional, or just quit (Comair by Delta + Comair II threat by AA/Eagle).
If the status quo of the past from mainline or regional executives were to resurface, the enormous gains from qualified pilots RE-ENTERING the industry over the past 2-3 yrs will reverse with a mass exodus like never before seen. Not even in a recession will regionals risk rolling back work rules.
With looming mainline retirements, I think regionals can do a lot more to increase QOL work rules, recruiting more on the fence back into this profession. All without terrifying “shareholders” when they hear about pay raises at AAG WO. These shareholders AAG tries so hard to please are honestly just short term day traders, option traders, high volume trading highly volatile institutions, that call themselves “investors.”