Originally Posted by
FXLAX
It’s not a conflict of interest. Mainline dues are not being used to negotiate against mainline. Here is how it works:
Mainline management negotiates scope with mainline pilots.
Mainline management and mainline pilots decide they don’t want to operate themselves with their own pilots.
Whatever isn’t scoped in by that negotiations is now parsed out to regional management by mainline management, aka as whipsaw.
Regional management bid on the flying.
Lowest bidding regional management wins.
Regional management negotiates with regional pilots for that flying.
In other words, the only negotiations done by regional pilots is for flying that mainline pilots couldn’t/wouldn’t scope in.
Therefore, no conflict of interest between mainline and regional pilots of the same or different union.
There were 274 EMB145s at XJT until 9/2009, to be more precise.
I respectfully disagree. I fully support a "regional pilots association" for the regional industry.
Our industry, that of mainline can better represent our interests.
I have seen the historical finances of various MEC's. I've seen mainline moneys being sent down to regional carriers to support their contract efforts.
I would bet dollars to donuts if we stood in the crew rooms for a month (not in C-19) times mind you, but if we took the time to do in person interviews and asked mainline pilots how they felt you would hear an echoing of my sentiments. Mainline pilots should have more of a voice as to how their dues moneys are spent and, if what you say is true, then, I am sure you wouldn't mind a constitutional amendment in the CBL that states "it shall be unconstitutional to spend mainline dues moneys, or intermingle these funds for contract negotiations, maintenance, or enforcement at regional carriers." Another words, allow access to safety, and aeromedical and a few others, but if they don't need our money, might as well fence those funds off.
Respectfully,