Originally Posted by
Joemerchant
1. "That's the way this industry works".....OK is that the way it should work? Are we going to just throw out pilots past experience because they work for another carrier? Do any other professions flush past experience down the toilet like we do? Maybe we aren't doing things the best way we could...
2. So we have to simply live with the "hand we are dealt"...? Career expectations boil down to "luck"? Is that in the ALPA merger policy? I can't find it....maybe you can point it out....
3. His career expectations at ASA are now 76 seats....They were 30 seats when he left the first time....Those 76 seats are threatened by his fellow "brothers"....
4. Looks like you are a Northwest pilot....Riddle me this Batman....You have pilots at Northwest (now Delta) who hired on as Metro pilots with Southern....They flew 19 seat turbo-props and the biggest airplane they had at the time was the DC-9....Now they are Delta pilots without having ever applied or interviewed anywhere else....What are their "career expectations"?
Starting to see the problem with your "plain and simple" yet?
There's NO problem with the "plain & simple". Yes, that's the way it HAS ALWAYS worked, & anyone in this career KNEW that when they started.
I deal with the cards I'm dealt with everyday. That's what we call "Life". It's not "all luck", it's life.
Those 76 seaters were given to ASA by mainline, and can be taken away. That's what happens when you contract. It happens in other fields too. Those who aren't willing to move on take the risk of staying.
Ever heard of the Republic/Northwest merger Riddler? 20 year fences around the WBs because Republic pilots didn't have them? Ring a bell at all?
It's plain & simple.