Originally Posted by NWA320pilot

Back in the late 80's I was working for CAL Express (Trans Colorado Airlines). CAL told our management on a Wed that they we were no longer flying any of the DEN hub fligts starting the next Monday. Then within 30 days we were flying no CAL flights by CAL's choice! CAL's managements response to we have a contract was "take us to court". By the time court rolled around we were out of business.

This type of thing really sucks! What we need to work towards is not having contract carriers but rather all flying done by mainline pilots. This would mean bringing all the regional guys onto a mailine senority list and improving their working conditions and pay. ALP has always taken a top down approach to pay improvements, maybe its time to take a bottom up approach.