Originally Posted by
baseball
No, it's the revenue model and the fact that regional airline managements are forcing pilots to prostitute themselves. ALPA needs to force regional economic models into a different place. Once it becomes economically enviable those management teams and their contracts won't be able to produce the flights for pennies on the dollar. We've gotta force ALPA and regional airline managements into the right direction. ALPA is half the problem, and the other half lies within those block hour and flight completion/segment contracts. We can only affect ALPA. We've gotta get ALPA moving in the right direction. The sooner the better! For nearly 30 years its been AFU. Gotta fix it soon before it becomes institutionalized involuntary servitude.
oh no, I was laughing at you telling your child that 1-2 years in each regional seat was a realistic set of expectations.