Originally Posted by
ERJFO
What have they done man? Scope language... Whatever. It hasn't stopped us getting "uncut" here at XJT. Mesa has a union, so does TSA, so does PSA, I would gladly work at SkyWest over any of those places, heck if I went to SkyWest when I was offered an interview 4 years ago I'd make more money than I do here.
I like our MEC, but it's not like everything is good here. We just lost over 300 guys and took a pay-cut, but we keep talking about how happy we are here. What a joke.
It's not ALPA's fault, it's that we're still here talking about "raising the bar." You know what'll raise the bar? PILOTS QUITTING, using their degrees and saying F-THIS! F-this $40/hr 4th year pay when my little brother was offered $55,000 out of undergrad school.
I guess I didn't even work 100 days last year, and you can't do that flying a desk, but let's face it. 100 days off, isn't 100 days off if you can't afford to do anything or you have to work a part time job.
Oh yeah, and Garth Brooks sucks...
I think ALPA is turning the corner on the regionals. The task force hasn't done anything concrete but its certainly a very good start. This will take at least one whole bargaining cycle, probably two, before you see results. The problem sometimes is that pilots are their worst enemy.
Anyways, yes, we have been "uncut" here (no thanks to Skywest for that either, by the way). But that scope language, written by an ALPA attorney, is what saved you from what Skywest wanted to do to your job. Scope language that was learned the hard way by your fellow ALPA pilots at Mesa after JO created his alter ego airline, Freedom. You can thank them for that.
Do you honestly believe that Mesa's management, or TSA's management would treat their pilots any better if they had no union? ALPA, or any union, is not the fix all for everything but they certainly can help. Ask yourself, honestly, what it might be like at those places without ALPA and if you still think ALPA doesn't do anything for them, then I have nothing else to say other than we will have to disagree.
And yes, Garth Brooks sucks.