Originally Posted by
Whistlin' Dan
Just curious...which regional did you work for?
Surely not one of those that was used to "undercut your ALPA brothers" at a legacy carrier?
I have issues when this "undercut your ALPA brothers" is used, as MANY of the regionals are ALPA carriers. This "You took flying away from me." kind of talk is EXACTLY what the G0Jet pilots feed on as justification for their actions.
"Regional airlines take flying away from each other and the mainline every day, we aren't doing anything different," is typically one of their 'canned' responses. Here is where the difference lies.... It is true that one of the downsides of having many small carriers, is that often the different MANAGEMENTS bid against each other and often flying is shifted from carrier to carrier.
G0Jet, however, is the only PILOT group so far, who have purposefully gone against other ALPA pilots of the SAME AIRLINE to get flying which has bigger jets with even crappier rates of pay! This is one of the main issues many ALPA pilots have with G0Jet. Having an airline hire one of those pilots is just like saying, "Oh, a future non-member, let's hire him!"