Originally Posted by
Dash8Pilot
As you said, those who came to XJT after the announcement of CAL reductions and the branded operation knew the risk. But now you don't think they should pay the price for that risk not working out. Instead you feel that other pilots should pay for your mistake.
There are many pilots at SKW who could have applied at XJT, but avoided it because they didn't believe the branded flying made sense. They shouldn't be sucked into the mess that they tried to avoid in order to save someone who had the blinders on and went to XJT knowing that CAL was pulling 69 aircraft.
Perhaps I spoke too rashly on my last post. However, the price of a combined seniority list is, well, everyone shares the problems of the other. Our contract only specifies that the XJT pilot seniority list be fairly combined with the other pilot group, not that it be combined on the terms of the acquiring/merging company so that they get a sweet deal. I can certainly see, for a number of reasons, why SKW pilots would not want a combined list. But that's the price of doing business, and if that means that if SKW were to lose a contract and people get furloughed, well, XJT pilots would go too.
Personally, I didn't apply or consider SKW in the first place because of the lack of union representation. Even today with XJT's troubles I stand by that choice. However, what I consider to be SKW's problem is being made my problem due to the possibility of whipsaws and seniority list battles due to the lack of a union.
Our scope letter is there, in part, to keep acquiring companies from being able to do what you're talking about
: tear apart our ranks and discriminate against our pilots.
Our scope isn't for sale. If your company wants XJT so badly, then they'll have to take us with our contract intact.