Originally Posted by
JetJock16
So what you're saying is that only unionized pilots deserve anything and non-unionized pilots are scum? Isn’t that the pot calling the kettle black?
no jet i dont think that is what he is saying. look at it this way. it was the pinnacle pilots scope clause that was violated. if the company wanted to grow they should have done it with the pinnacle pilots they had a contract with. instead their attempt to whipsaw us and move our jobs to another airline has been defeated (supposedly right). put yourself in our shoes. what if skywest bought mesa (and no guys i am not comparing colgan to mesa) and then started giving mesa more flying because they are cheaper and have poorer work rules than skywest pilots do. so it would start with a few mesa jets in slc, and then before you know it they are doing all the new flying and taking over some. of course that would take several years but there would be no doubt it would happen. lucky for us we were able to stop this before it got out of hand and hopefully we can come to a quick resolution to this and move on to finish our negotiations.
Originally Posted by
The Juice
Not even an option, there will be no staple. And in my opinion, I am not worried about it. Both PNCL and Colgan can not fill the seats they have with qualified at pilots. I do not think a 200 FO who is about to meet upgrade requirements is going to say, "Hey I think I will take the pay cut and upgrade in the Saab." And for those of us in the Saab the senority wont hurt us on upgrade because time in type still counts. The Q's will still fly out of the East Coasts and will soon be in IAH. If a PNCL guy want to fly the Q at that pay, have at it. Just remember if we merge the lists and we become ALPA as well, we may want to fly some of those jets.
hahahaha... oh juice, you dont want to fly our nice shiny jets. hey i just hope no one has been at colgan for more than 5 years and wants to be a captain in mem, its senior enough damn it!!!
