Originally Posted by hifly
Actually this is not the reason for GoJet's existence. GoJet was formed because Trans States Airlines cannot fly 70 seaters (per American Airlines scope) and Hulas obviously wanted to get into the 70 seat market. So, GoJet was created. Trans States pilots had the opportunity to fly these aircraft but turned it down because of the sacrifice they would have to make in their contract. This is not a complicated situation, just an emotional one to the many pilots who feel they should have recieved the flying free of charge.
So, the fact is, GoJet was created to give Trans States Holdings access to the 70 seat market. Contension over union contracts is effect, not cause.
I can't believe people get on here and post and don't even know what they're talking about. Anyone that doesn't know for a personal fact what went down with GoJets doesn't deserve to spout off nonsense on here. Unreal.
First of all, the TSA contract clearly spells out what the company is supposed to do if they want to create a separate company to fly bigger equipment...namely, create one pilot list and pay industry average for that size of equipment. Everything else stays the same, even though it's two different companies.
Hulas and friends screwed us from day one. They violated that contract faster than a drunk prom date. They didn't set up one list, they didn't pay industry average, and they in fact left us out of it completely. The union sat down to "negotiate" with them, which was fascinating since the company already had blown off what they were supposed to do. Management made a couple final offers, one of which the pilots voted on. There were a lot of bad feelings around because of what the company had done to get to that point, especially given the fact that United gave TSA the flying because we TSA pilots had done such a great job for them. So it was voted down. I personally would have liked to have seen it voted in. But I can understand people's feelings on it.
So that's what really happened. If you're confused on that, why don't you actually ask someone that works at Trans States (like me) instead of just making stuff up.