Originally Posted by
dontsurf
i don't really understand this sort of idea. i know xjet has a lot of pilots, so i won't imagine that most or all feel the way you do...
We would merge our seniority lists based on hire. It's not like our companies have different career goals.
Originally Posted by
dontsurf
but i don't get this. if you like skywest's bases so much, why didn't you work for skywest? if you're the company being bought, it seems odd to say, "yeah, we'll let you buy us if you let us fly at your bases". that's not really how the business world works.
I don't like any of the Skywest bases better. I like our Delta LAX base better. I don't want to see Skywest buy us and then take that base away. I find it very strange that I would have to start over at my same company to work the same flying. Trust me, I'm fairly certain a lot of guys want our LAX flying. Now if we merge our lists based on DOH, I still might not be that senior in LAX, but it still beats having to go back to year 1 pay.
As for furloughs, imagine if we stayed a separate pilot group and we get all the CAL flying and then Delta or United decides to cut you guys a lot. Guess what? You guys get furloughed, while a junior guy at ASA and XJT upgrades and makes $60K a year. If we merged the lists, furloughs would happen across our whole company, so no one would get screwed. I can't believe you guys wouldn't want this protection.