Originally Posted by
TonyWilliams
I wonder why we never hear from the major / legacy pilot groups clamoring to do ALL their company flying ?
If company XXX has a need for a 19 / 30 / 50 / 70 / 76 seat aircraft on any route, why doesn't that pilot group demand that it be done by company pilots in company planes ?
APA has.
http://www.apanegotiations.com/LinkC...bid=65&mid=448
"All flying performed by or on behalf of the Company or an Affiliate shall be performed by pilots on the American Airlines Seniority List"
I am rooting for them. They seem to be a good union who is fighting for what they deserve.
Thankfully there is an arbitrary number (50 for CAL, 70 for AMR/UAL, and 76 for DAL/NWA) to prevent companies from placing 80, 100, 120, 150 seat jets at regional airlines. Regionals are not career destinations, they are just stepping stones. That does not mean your time at a regional should be awful (eg. Mesa, GoJet, TSA), you should fight for good pay/QOL/workrules, you just don't want to have more aircraft at regionals (and thus fewer at majors). 76 seat aircraft replace mainline jets. 70 seat aircraft replace mainline jets. To some extend, many 50 seat aircraft replace mainline jets. So pilots at major airlines (like AA) are trying to lower the size/number of RJ's at regionals, thus allowing for more aircraft to be flown at the mainline level.