Originally Posted by
lgaflyer
Getting paid less for flying smaller/less revenue equipment is fine but why are they not on United/Delta/AA seniority? US3 can very well fly E175 or CRJ200 but the pilots ought to be wearing their uniform, badges say United/Delta/AA with ipad/manuals issued by mainlines. And when the time comes, they can simply bid for higher paid equipment
they should, but all those airlines convinced bankruptcy judges that those planes need to be flown/maintained/ etc. by outsourced labor. Now management isn’t willing to budge on bringing that flying in house. And the RLA prevents airline unions from doing much about it.
I’d be all for this as would many other mainline pilots, unfortunately I don’t see management being willing to entertain the idea