We can't do much until you guys strike. Do that and we won't fly. I don't have much of a say in it anyway because I'm on the street. Republic existed before this flying, and wasn't meant to be a whipsaw (well, it was to the Chautauqua guys but that failed) and that's how it differs from the Gojet thing, they were created specifically for the purpose of breaking up ALPA at TSA. Until you guys walk, or we walk because we're in negotiations there isn't much we as a pilot group can legally do.

We're pawns in this thing too. What happens if/when Midwest agrees to concessions to fly the 170s? Then we end up on the street in violation of our CBA (our scope has us flying anything RAH owns unless it's a "new" dry lease agreement, IBT is grieving the Midwest stuff too). Every CBA out there is only as good as the paper it's written on if that happens. I'm not trying to make you sympathetic to the situation over here, I'm just pointing out that we (pilots) on both sides are being played against each other here and the only winners will be Bedford and Hoeksema.