My comment and feelings about this are towards G4 management and not the pilot group. Specifically towards managements unwillingness to negotiate a fair competitive contract. Based on comments on the combined FB group many G4 pilots believe they are worse off than regionals. And that’s not because of their pilots. It’s because of the way their management treats them. And soon to be the way they treat us.

I’m not trying to be divisive, or to insult anyone. But we were hopeful for a new and improved contract sometime in the next three years. Now the feeling is we’ll be lucky to have an equitable contract sometime in the next 5.

And of course G4 pilots aren’t talking about filling out their apps and leaving. It’s not their business model that’s being threatened. It’s not their domicile that’s likely going to shrink. Their way of life isn’t likely to change. We’re not now trying to leave because being a G4 pilot is somehow beneath us. Our entire culture and work life is going to shift to something that we either don’t understand yet or don’t want.

2/3rds of SY’s flying happens outside of MSP. Anybody that thinks this domicile isn’t going to shrink is lying to themselves. We could have 120 pilots in each seat and we’d still be G4s largest domicile. (As JB has told us several times) That’s the top 1/3 of our captains that get to keep their base. And 20% of them still will be reserve pilots. Thats 10years to hold the domicile and 13 years to hold a line. By the time all is said and done (in four years) those numbers will be 14 years and 17 years respectively.

This just isn't what anybody who works here signed up for. It’s often said that SY pilots have a gamblers heart. The gamble hasn’t been paying off. Those of us at the bottom of the list have lost some hands recently. PBS didn't do us any favors by eliminating relief lines, CVG didn’t do us any favors, and now this. This was a big hand to lose. I can’t keep throwing my chips at the table.