Originally Posted by
flyprdu
You're not thinking this through. The worst case scenario is not landing at MCI during a transcon, You're being ridiculous. The worst case is augmenting crews and blocking seats, something that's happened at other airlines since the invention of large fuel tanks. Augmenting crews will actually improve your career progression, as it will require additional pilots and FAs to be added to the company rolls.
They could probably augment FA's. They will not augment pilots much or at all, especially in this climate where market forces make us hard to find and expensive. They will find other options such as connecting folks via LAS, PHX, SLC, etc for distant points east.
It wouldn't help our career progression much since the IRO's would be junior new hires, not CA's. So it might help the career progression of CFI's. But again, I don't think they'll augment pilots.
I like driving to work, don't want to commute to the nearest base east of the CA line.
Originally Posted by
flyprdu
And if you think adding crews is too much for the company bottom line, then that would firmly put you in category of management sympathizer.
I'm an INDUSTRY sympathizer, and *sometimes* OUR interests align with the INDUSTRY. It's not always as simple as "Management Man Bad".
Originally Posted by
flyprdu
Rickair hates government intervention.
*that is stupid and bad for business
Originally Posted by
flyprdu
Rickair also works in *checks notes* a highly regulated industry governed by an independent government agency.
Highly regulated by the fed, not the People's Democracy of California. In all fairness, the fed has done a good job. We have the best safety record in the world, the largest airline industry in the world, and the best pilot compensation. Seems they've found the right balance.
Originally Posted by
flyprdu
Methinks that since this is coming from librul commie Cali, you're automatically inclined to be against meal breaks. Which is a shame.
I'm automatically against individual states meddling with interstate commerce... I thought that crap was settled a couple centuries ago???
Originally Posted by
flyprdu
One final point, if AS does follow through and shutter SFO, LAX, and SAN, the fallout will be catastrophic. The displacements alone will force all the fencesitters to leave. Even cheerleaders like ShyGuy would leave. The company would not survive.
Yes they would lose a great many pilots, who cannot be replaced in this climate. I think they'd only go there if they decided to retreat back to SEA, and get back to their roots as a 1,000 pilot operation. I'm not really worried about that.
I am worried about shenanigans with crew staffing in CA bases, moving some crew out of state, etc. And doesn't matter which airline you work for, if AS ends up having to make structural changes so will others.
I still think this will ultimately go away with legislative adjustment. I don't care if airlines have to pay FA's an extra hour or something like that, although it would set a bad precedent that other states could do dumb stuff too.