Originally Posted by
Meme In Command
Regional pilots have one advantage over us: they can vote with their feet. All of these contracts are happening because majors and LCC's started drying up the regionals. I heard from a F9 union guy their last pay increase negotiations pre-covid were prompted by too many guys no-showing day 1 during Indoc. Nothing is gonna put the fire under the company's butt like pilots choosing anywhere else over us.
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As an ULCC pilot i can attest that you all are the boogeyman for our management. The only reason our founder and chairman of the BOD is negotiating directly with our MEC is because pilots are leaving for the big 4 in droves. And yes you read that correctly, our largest shareholder and chairman of the BOD is flying his private jet to meet with our Union chairman (ALPA's version of an MEC).