Originally Posted by
Mason32
Are you flying routes for your parent company? Or are you flying contract routes that would/should be flown by the owned regional of the manline airline?
if you are not flying the first part, then you are part of the problem, not the solution. As long as outside subcontractors can get pilots and abuse them to save a buck, then mainlines will always contract them for some portion of the flying to use as a whipsaw. If you can not see that my friend, then you've been drinking the koolaid too long.
I don't see where your loyalty to the mainlines is coming from. If you think for a second that they have any loyalty to you, then you're drinking the koolaid, not me. Eagle, comair, compass, etc. will be sold off in a second if their parent companies think it will benefit them. Ask the guys from Xjet if they have any leftover loyalty from when they were owned by Continental. I don't know if the industry will be better or worse for this in the long run, but the days of the wholly owned regional are ending.
As far as working for a regional that abuses its pilots- At RAH, maybe, but not any more or less than you are being abused at your wholly owned regional. We have good work rules and competitive pay. If in the past RAH has low balled a contract, I'm confident in saying that it hasn't been at the expense of its pilots.
Very sorry for the thread hijack. Mason, if you want to discuss this further, lets do it in another thread or via PM. I hope everything works out for the best at Eagle, as I have many friends there.