Originally Posted by The stillest

This states, logically, that US carriers have no real competition apart from each other. Which I hope, to you, sounds as illogical as it is, to the rest of us.

I don’t disagree with your feelings on improving the lives of “mainline” pilots through the union - not one bit.

I do, however, disagree with the 5th grade, “John has 5 watermelons” approach you take on this thread to airline economics coupled with the illogical examples posted in support.

You realize that there are thousands of people out there with advanced degrees in precisely what you’re posting about, right? Challenging authority and the status quo is acceptable but challenging rock-solid, life-tested mathematics and logic is only going to turn people away.

Characterizing a particular route as a “mainline” route vs. “regional” (those titles have never made much sense in the context of unity) is precisely the “black and white” thinking that gets us into a majority of the messes we find ourselves in as a collective group of skilled aviators.

I’m only one vote of roughly 13,000... and I vote for flexibility on each and every route so that any and all revenue can be captured by my particular brand while my contract controls the SCOPE of the operation, ultimately. More passengers on my line, more revenue for my brand...”rising tide” and all of that and I will also vote for as much “mainline” flying as we can get, up, down, sideways or whatever combination the economy takes.

As best as I can tell, no one is standing in the way of your proposed independent union drive whether it be for the “regional” or “mainline” pilots.

The Law doesn’t discourage the effort, either.