Originally Posted by
mart83648
The airline industry is only one crash away from this paradigm shift. Once the public realizes that management is hiring highly inexperienced pilots to fly the public to save money, there's no number of airline name changes that will save them.
Management has been doing that for decades, and the public never cares. The Colgan crash was egregious enough to trigger some change but it wasn't the public behind that... it was the victim's families. Nothing more is changing unless there is another crash or two with really egregious circumstances. The silver lining with slowdowns like covid is all the noobs get to cool their heels and build some flight experience before they take the next step. Hopefully we'll be good for a while.
Originally Posted by
mart83648
2. The mainline group isn't going to take concessions to get you on board. Nor should they.
Isn't the whole point that Horizon is flying Alaska's route? Also I have no interest in going to Alaska--especially where I'm at now.
Then stay there, you knew the rules when you signed up. But don't expect mainline pilots to bend over backwards and make concessions to improve your lot in life.
Originally Posted by
mart83648
4. It's a windfall for the regional, with little in return for the mainline. Difficult to negotiate a deal there.
There's actually a huge return for the "mainline" pilots.
I don't see it. The cost would be too high. The cap can be put back on the tube (maybe even get rid of OO) for a reasonable price. But putting the toothpaste back in isn't practical... either need to liquidate QX, which would cost management too much up front, or do an SLI which AS ALPA would fight tooth and nail.
Originally Posted by
mart83648
Virgin was technically a regional airline and they got an SLI? If junior pilots could flow back to the "regional" instead of being furloughed they'd accept it.
VX was not a regional by any stretch, technically or otherwise. They did transcons with large narrowbodies.