Originally Posted by
Lewbronski
Thats not the point. My point, at least, is that, right now, Mesa - MESA!!! - is nearly at parity with us in terms of rates. Let that sink in: Mesa, the bottom feeder of bottom feeder airlines run by the notoriously shady and pilot-hating Jonathan Ornstein has seen fit to offer their pilots rates that are competitive with us, a “major” airline with a “major league” union to advocate for us.
Meanwhile, over at the airline of “luv” and the “golden rule” with the “hardcore” SWAPA “2.0,” we dither. SWAPA can’t get its act together enough to have even filed mediation in the last two-plus years of negotiations nor take any significant action to compel the company to respond in a positive fashion to our contractual “demands.” But, boy, are those pickets intimidating! We are in danger of being lapped by regional airlines while we happily stagnate with our thumb planted warmly in our backside.
We will be fine. Once again, no other major airline has renewed their contract. I wouldn’t even worry about regionals. Is it weird that they are getting paid the same…yes…but have confidence in the process. We will get ours. If we rush and make a bad deal what good is that in the long run? It’s a long term game. Until Delta/FedEx/United/American start getting something, no reason to panic. But I do agree we should definitely get something sooner than later