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Old 03-01-2009 | 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by RJSAviator76
especially considering the demographics of their pilot group. As such, treating them like dirt is only potentially screwing your own self.

Which demographics? You mean like the furloughed or the major guys with heavy experience that have so much loyalty to GJ that they'll leave as soon as they find anything again, those demographics? Look, I agree though as far as the GJ pilot group, no doubt there's going to have to be changes in how they are dealt. But I can tell you that there is so much anymosity towards those guys at TSA.

About 90% of guys I talked to at TSA who actually had been at TSA for a while absolutely hate Gojet, especially the Captains as well as the senior FOs. I'm not even sure that even if we do become one list, any TSA would voluntarly transfer to GJ. I remember once, when I didn't check in for a deadhead and I talked to the crew after wards the CA looked at me and said oh you're one of us, I thought you were those "expletives". I guess it can work, look at Freedom and Mesa.

The point is that with what has been going on the last 4 years the pilots are pretty fed up, and especially when GJ is growing at the expense of TSA employees and pilots as well, and when our contract has been basically stalled because of GJ, things might get pretty bad. TSA pilots have nothing to lose so I hope things will be resolved because both groups benefit with job security and at the same time GJ pilots will then at least have a "legitmate" status. We'll see how GJ steps up to the plate when the time comes....