Originally Posted by
Buzzlightyear
When regionals have better line construction, more control over PBS, more control over days off, better schedule flexibility, better paying OT provisions, holiday pay, better bonuses, more pay credit during training, more flexibility with vacation blocks it shows the sad state of our work rules and contract.
Please explain how a contract that is woefully deficient in work rules, lacks in soft pay, that had rates that got AA pilots back to parity with what they had prior to 2003 and signed during bankruptcy is hyperbole.
News flash the pensions aren't coming back. The RJ flying is not coming back. Stop living your life from 20 years ago. You can only compare to what the world exists like in present day, or you will be forever living under a "bankruptcy contract".
There was a time when pilots made way more than they do now. Those times aren't coming back either. And I would never wish them to - there are way more good paying jobs for us nowadays.
My life is 1000% better here than it was ever at the regionals flying 5-8 legs a day, early shows, late finishes, with zero support from the company on anything. Despite the rhetoric that you hear from people, they are mostly reminiscing about things they have long forgotten. And I make twice as much.