Originally Posted by
meritflyer
JetJock, seriously dude...
Looked out for their pilots? Right.. just like the recent pay schedule.
ExpressJet has never furloughed. Continental Express did when owned by CAL if you want to get technical. If XJT did, BIG F'n DEAL!!!
I'm not going to defend it but just look at it. Do we have to be near (near meaning with in $1 or 2) the top in
TOTAL compensation? No but they do it anyway. We could be the HIGHEST paid but we’ve argued that and I can safely say the horse is dead.
Also I'm in no threat of being furloughed. They'd have to cut our RJ's by over 140 just for me to sweat, and if they did furlough me, bid deal, I can afford an extra long vacation.
The only problem is that 99% of the other pilots don’t have my kind of financial flexibility/freedom.