I am absolutely amazed that XJT is the first company to criticize RAH for doing something that would benefit the shareholders.

XJT - you did the exact same thing. You had to do something with the 69 aircraft that were sitting. You started branded. It would have worked if fuel prices would have stayed in a reasonable range. It was even stated above that this was done for the shareholders.

Whether we like it or not, management doesn't work for us. They work for the shareholders. That is it - end of story. The only weapon that we have to battle this is the union contracts that we have in place. This idiotic name-calling between ALPA, Teamsters, etc does nothing.

Did the Midwest Pilots get a bad deal with this? Yes. Are the pilots at Midwest to blame? No. Are the pilots at RAH to blame? No. If the RAH pilots don't fly the routes (depending on what transpires in the near future), then they will get fired. Not furloughed - fired. More people will get recall notices and either they will fly the routes or be fired. It will continue until enough pilots are on staff to fly the routes. There are a lot of pilots out of work right now that will do just about anything for a job as compared to letting their families starve.

If the RAH pilots stand firm and don't take the flying, Midwest will find someone else who will. I could envision a Midwest alter-ego starting for the exact same reason. Rather than saying that Midwest should be taking pay cuts to a "regional" level, why aren't we saying that RAH should push the bar higher to get "mainline" wages. I haven't looked at the balance sheets for Midwest, but I would be willing to bet that RAH is more financially stable right now and has a better argument for higher wages. Push the wages higher which would ultimately help out the Midwest pilots and possibly keep their company alive (along with helping RAH from the bleeding of 12 out-of-work 170's).