Originally Posted by
RJtrashPilot
TSA management created a scab airline, GoJets to bust the unionized TSA pilots, among other reasons. Pilots going to GoJets knew what they were getting into when they were hired on (hopefully). They were going to a Mesa-esque airline that lowers the industry bar and makes it difficult for the rest of us to try to earn a halfway decent living.
In reality, Go Jet pilots are not scabs. They were not formed to bust the union at TSA. I don't think they took any routes that TSA was flying for AA. It was formed to circumvent the scope at AA. They had to be a different certificate ala CHQ buying Shuttle and putting the 170 on there.
No picket lines crossed, no struck work flown. I guess that's why a few Go Jet guys are getting hired at majors.
How would TSA pilots feel if it were announced Eagle was going to do most of the flying in STL and TSA was going to park airplanes and possibly furlough several hundred. I do realize TSA has said there will be some furloughs and downgrades, but not the same magnitude.