Originally Posted by
Thedude
Where have you been for the last 9 years.... Some of us were screaming about the outsourcing back in 2000. It fell on deaf ears. We kept saying RJ are gonna be doing most of the domestic flying but the major airline MECs thought they were too good to fly 45 seat aircraft. They sold scope to protect their retirement plans and most of those plans were gutted in BK. Now they got age 65 and its screwing the junior guys again. Thanks. I'll be glad when the guys that got their jobs at the major in the 80s finally retire.
Well lets see...I've been in the right seat at USAir now for the last 22 years and I'm back on reserve. I for one confronted my MEC chairman about flying the 50 seat RJ's on mainline but he fell for Steven Wolfes ploy of a huge order with only 100 or so firm and the other 300 planes as options(the BAIT!). I was told, you don't understand lowley little FO, we are getting A-319's for what they would have to pay for the 50 seaters so why would we want them? He then proceeded to a fat cush job at ALPA national with very high pay and housing allowances. Makes me want to puke! BTW we used to fly RJ's ...they were called F-28's and only held 68 people..so we weren't too good to fly RJ's. As for my retirement, yep you guessed it, GONE. Age 65, thats why I'm back on reserve. Lastly I am one of the guys hired in the 80's, but I'm only 48 so I've got a long time to go.
