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Old 10-30-2008 | 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Mach93
Let me put the ball in your court again. What you are saying about Gojets, could easily be said about you. You seem to be all bothered about them taking "your job," but are more than happy to have the airplanes on your property and taking a job away from a mainline pilot. Have you even realized that mainline is furloughing because they are getting rid of the guppy, and these are the Replacement Jets for the guppy along with the aircraft you fly at TSA, and at the other express carriers. Do you see or hear any mainline pilots dening you jump seats or calling you out in the terminal. I for one don't and I am one of those losing my job next year. Yes we gave up the flying just as you guys gave up the flying also (which I believe is the reason TSA lost on the scope in court.)
I don't fly for TSA, I fly for XJT, not that it matters because it doesn't change the reality of what gojets is....an alter-ego. All the TSA guys wanted was better rates for the "guppy replacement" jet as you call them. Look, I believe all jet flying should be done by mainline regardless of seats; but it does not change the fact that gojets was created to undermine an existing contract, to lower the bar...it was a management's way of saying "if you're not willing to work for peanuts, we’ll find a few replacement workers that will do it".

If you have a beef with regional flying in the grand scheme of things, I suggest you talk to all the guys that were at the majors in the mid 90's. They had the option of flying the baby jets, but their egos were too big for them. Nonetheless, alter-egos like gojets are good for one thing and one thing only, to undercut an existing contract/pilot group...history has proved this twice in the past 10 years - Freedom A, and of course gojets. There's no way to justify it.

Oh, and one more thing, United is retiring the 73's because of poor leadership at the top, not because of the existing feeders.