Originally Posted by
SVCTA
I don't want to contribute to any thread drift, but in my time here I feel like it has been a slow, but steady decline toward old-school regional airline conditions. I left the regionals 20 years ago, but here we are dealing with threatening letters over sick time ("dependability program", anyone?), terrible trip construction, scheduling.....shenanigans, etc.
Here's an honest question: What do we do to prevent further decline in to post 9/11 regional airline conditions? Because I was there and I don't like what I'm seeing.
We fight back.
The regional model inherently gave management the upper hand. Management could divide pilots into a virtually unlimited number of groups, shuffling flying around to the most compliant / lowest paid. Pilots didn’t want to rock the boat as much, because 90% had no intention of staying where they were.
Those factors don’t exist at this level. We have far greater control, and more leverage available to defend the profession.