Originally Posted by
60av8tor
I was thinking the same thing. What is it you guys are trying to do? Think twice if a legacy calls? We all fly people in airplanes to various locations. Some are lucky enough to do it for a lot more money, with better work rules, better support, and better schedules. Why would someone stay at factory x and do the same crap for less than factory y.
We’re blue collar workers. We’re not a non-profit that’s going to change humanity for the better with some miraculous discovery/invention. I know nothing about Breeze and what you’re “trying to do”, but that type of comment frustrates me as, IMO, it plays into management kicking cans down the road (not just yours, but any management in this industry). “Just hang in there, we’ll eventually give you what you deserve.”
You have a technical skill that is transferable to gain maximum reward for you and your family. No one (or idea) in this industry is going to be so transformative that it’s worth putting up with garbage to support some pie in the sky idea.
This isn’t against Breeze as I know nothing about it other than the call sign. If it works for you and your family - awesome. Stay 40 years and be happy. But espousing some group think between pilots and management… We are labor.
it’s the DN effect. I saw it while I was there. He serves the BlueJuice and guys chug it up. He didn’t come across as a bad guy but if you think he gives a damn about pilots you’re sadly mistaken. Breeze isn’t doing anything special. They’re just stealing allegiant’s playbook, hence all the former G4 guys running the company. Now go ask G4 pilots how their contract negotiations are going? Management will fight tooth and nail in order to keep their second highest cost down! I’ll quote TP’s famous words “we are a regional plus” and they’ll keep regional plus salaries and benefits until they’re forced to upgrade. The good news is that the legacies will still need tons of pilots so there should still be some movement. But if B6 and NK continue to struggle , that could make things way different.