Originally Posted by
falconkidding
On the hold the line sentiment. If ALPA was half the union it thought it was it would be a lot easier to do so. If unions at ULCCs LCCs and majors would say i got you fam and put said group on a shortlist for hiring. Or if regionals had a default time served that let you start not getting fkd with newbie FO pay.
Or we could have one list and the only people getting furloughed would be people new to the industry. .... Nope every man for themselves gotta protect that chance at 330 dollars am hour.
This is the reality. The big ALPAs with the actual leverage to do things like require all regional feed to be flown by ALPA carriers with minimum pay rates to prevent whipsaw get what they deserve when the race to the bottom hampers their own pattern bargaining.
I understand it feels counterproductive to spend negotiating capital on someone else but the current crap rates are why Kirby won't even entertain the notion of putting large RJs on the United certificate. Doing whatever it takes to force those rates higher is the only hope of recapturing scope.
Maybe it's cool to come back from furlough to $150k but those years of lost wages have huge costs from a time value of money standpoint.