Originally Posted by
poopplop
Because it’s a win-win for mainline management/senior pilots. The pilots get subsidized wages and PS checks, while management saves money by resetting earned seniority, and by avoiding the mainline union when negotiating pay/benefits to fly the RJs.
But I’m sure Gone Flying knew this before making that misdirecting post, since he already said mainline would need to take a pay cut to end outsourcing and fly the RJs at market rates with their own pilots…. I'm sure he's smart enough to know the difference between “less pay” and “subpar pay”. But I’m not sure why he avoids mentioning this in all of his attempts to justify "less pay" to fly smaller planes… Perhaps an unwillingness to call it what it is?
outsourcing is not a win for pilots. Period. You are acting like airline unions could waive a magic wand and force all RJ flying in house but choose not to. The railway labor act applies to all airline unions and SEVERLY limits their ability to use labor actions in negotiating. If management is unwilling to budge on scope what would you suggest ALPA do?
I do understand the difference between less pay and subpar pay and I think yours a dumb idea that mainline carriers should accept subpar pay after they spent a decade trying to fix contracts that were decimated. Our regional situation isn’t perfect but it is light years better than what I am seeing in Europe. American eagle and delta connection aren’t flying across the Atlantic but your “regionals” are (or were pre COVID) flying to America. Coming here and throwing stones while allowing outsourcing on a much larger scale along with flag of Convenience schemes is laughable.