Originally Posted by
Cujo665
we need to take a page from the legacy side and make our contracts and compensation almost identical.
there needs to be NO cost advantage between brand X pilots and Brand Y pilots or the whipsaw race to the bottom will start again.
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Assume for arguments sake this happens. Skywest and GoJet join alpa. It's a big happy family.
Then in 5 years, orders start coming in for whatever will replace the 145's and CRJ's. And the majors start deciding who will get them. Maybe go to a small 145 or CRJ operator that will be a pain to transition to a new fleet .... offers them a chance to get the new jet ... maybe even grow to twice their current size if they accept XYZ. Otherwise they will need to wind down the certificate. We'll call it "Jets for Jobs" . Just takes a quick LOA and the whole process starts over again.
CBA's don't matter when the CPA can get yanked anytime.