Originally Posted by
afterburn81
No idea what you are talking about but cool story.
If you are referring to living in base for decades, settling down with the family (can’t fault anyone for doing that), providing the company with the work they expected you to do for many many years, keeping healthy and dedicated to safely performing your job, then..................the company you have dedicated your whole adult life to suddenly decides they no longer want to do business with the company you work for and you must uproot your life to continue working under a similar income and a chance at flight benefits when you retire, is now the story of your life.........
I’d consider that “unlucky”. Misfortune had to occur before said pilot could get lucky enough to fly an ERJ. It’s all in your perspective. From my point of view, considering the lack of staffing at EV, the airline itself is the lucky one. Lucky that these guys decided to stick it out a little longer and make QOL sacrifices as well as pay cuts to provide the company with someone to fly their aircraft.
I get it though, if you were adversely affected by the seniority integration, you’d be bitter. Still though, would you have made the choice to hang up the wings knowing there was a chance that someone might be offended by moving down slightly on the seniority list?
Yeah, cool story. If only it was just a story.
I'll spell it out for you. The majority of the 200 - 300 ASA pilots that actually came to the ERJ side are now our most senior pilots. Hence, most of the seats on our new 175s are taken by you. The ironic part is how the ASA MEC caused United to walk away from giving 175s to us during the period of time we were subject to the Transition and Process Agreement. Remember that meeting about a month before Mesa announced their new deal with United for 175s? Meh, maybe you don't know. Many of you don't.
So, next time you see a Mesa 175 taxiing around you can thank your very own ASA MEC for that. Those 175s could have been ours. But because they were destined to only come to the (at the time) current United partner (XJT), the ASA side decided that we wouldn't get any of them. Now those ASA pilots are flying the new XJT 175s. Irony.
You know, I get that you and 701 are all butt-hurt over having to survive on our "inferior" contract. But, at least your butt gets to ride in that 175, eh? Not so bad I'd say. As for having to commute, I guess you have to take the good with the bad sometimes. At least you can still feed your family and pay the mortgage, right? I'd say that's better than unemployment or going to the bottom of another regional airlines seniority list.
Some people just can't accept charity with a smile and a thank you.