Originally Posted by
ny797
Maybe you're new to the airlines and don't understand how the RLA works and what a union can and cannot say. Nobody bidding a higher status and no straight time pickup is an unrealistic utopian idea, so I don't even know why you're even mentioning it unless you're that clueless to reality.
APA highlighted the poor pay and working conditions of being a LCA for a reason. Nobody is advocating current LCA to quit (job action) but rather think twice about taking the position that management is desperate to fill. You can't run an airline without check airmen and yet you cannot force anyone to be one either. We all respect our great check airmen at American as it has consistently been a point of pride among us. That being said, I sure as hell wouldn't want to be known as someone who was hired as a LCA in late 2021/2022 though that's for damn sure!
There's 14,000 pilots at this company so I'm sure they will find a few forward leaners to take the position and justify it with whatever excuse floats their boat.
And that there alone is why you'll never get a job action. Too many pilots want/need the money and don't want to risk losing their job/going to jail for contempt of court. (Every United, American, Delta, US Air, etc. lawsuit by the company has always resulted in a company win.) Work or quit. Thats your only option. The APA is the most ineffective leadership we've ever had, run by a union s**b of a president. There is no unity here and the only way now to jump seniority is through being a CKA. So if you want to secure your position be a CKA.