Originally Posted by
Eric Stratton
I'm glad that you get to keep your cal flying. I just find it interesting that at the same time your ability to eventually grow will most likely come at someones elses expense. it makes me chuckle...
The thing you have to ask yourself is "what are the pilots doing to be responsible for that growth"
If XJT takes a contract from TSA or Mesa but the pilots don't change anything in the CBA, yeah it sucks for the jobs that were lost - but at the end of the day there are more higher-paying jobs, with a better contract in the marketplace. Who is to blame for the jobs lost at TSA and Mesa in this case? Management.
If Mesa goes bankrupt and XJT picks up flying that was theirs and it is flown by pilots with a stronger contract consisting of better pay and work rules, then even though it is too bad jobs were lost at the end of the day the "shuffle" would be better for the profession - I can promise you I wouldn't be cheering on the sidelines while this was taking place.
If a pilot group agrees to a pay-freeze or a concessionary contract in order to gain flying or "help get aircraft online" or whatever else then you can blame the pilots and call them "undercutters" or whatever floats your boat... Just don't misuse the "S" word.
Originally Posted by
JetJock16
I’ve said many times and I'll gladly say it again...........I can see a future where SKW, XJT and RAH; in all, control 70+% of the regional flying, and that kind of future looks pretty damn nice
IF that were to happen, we wouldn't need to be represented by the same union but we would need close to identical contracts or the whipsawing would continue.