Originally Posted by
horrido27
This is BULL****.
Very sadden for the Trans States Pilot group. But also angry at not only Hulas and Co.. but at our own management AND our own union.
How about we say, enough is enough. Trans States shuts down but the aircraft go to Express Jet who's aircraft go to SkyWest?! Talk about a shuffle.
Who gets screwed?! The TSA pilots.
Originally Posted by
baseball
I recall the PR that COEX put out when the first RJ came on property. "it was only to OPEN new markets." That was the bait and switch that was used on us, and then the entire industry. No one is making you take on more 145 Airframes. Just say NO! If you can't staff it, you can't fly it. Simple as that.
Not to be a dick, and I can empathize with the TSA pilot's situation, but these were aircraft that were taken from XJT a few years ago. XJT has lost over 70 XR aircraft to TSA and CommutAir over the last 5 years or so. The TSA aircraft are simply coming back to XJT. In exchange, they are losing 175s to SkyWest.
The reason that XJT can't staff what they have is because of the screw job that SkyWest put them through over the last 10 years. The aircraft slowly got whittled away and many senior people, who probably would have made a career at XJT, had no reason to believe there was a future, so they left. Many FOs jumped at the first opportunity to leave - some going to TSA and CommutAir for the quick upgrade.
XJT is hiring street CAs - I'm pretty sure most TSA guys will be OK.