Originally Posted by
maxjet
Lastly, it could be a very bad idea for current pilots at Atlas to encourage junior pilots to leave. This is a very destructive road to go down. The company will still continue to hire and replace the lost pilots. The ones you get with lower minimum will make you very uncomfortable when you fly with them. When the contract is settled, there will be growth and these pilots, who should have never been there to begin with, will become Captains. Ball up a couple of aircraft due to poor decision making and a lack of crew experience and you are all suddenly out of work.
Max, I agree with your statement but you guys at Atlas are in the same predicament as we are at ABX. Our management is refusing to negotiate in good faith. Due to be working under the RLA, the only leverage we have is the outside pressure from the labor market. I understand that this tactic might backfire in the long run but we have to take our chances.
Look what happened at K4. Before getting a new CBA they had plenty of applicants. Now they have more people than they can shake a stick at. I think the quality will improve at Atlas and ABX once a CBA is signed. In the meantime we have to use whatever resource we have available to us.
Just my opinion.