Originally Posted by
ATCsaidDoWhat
ALPA's big boys didn't want "commuters" 35 years ago and don't want regionals now, except for the dues money we bring. Nothing's changed. They could have dug their heels in long ago to get us better wages and work rules but the big boys didn't want them to. Just like flow through agreements and "One Level of Safety."
If they cared so much, where was Prater last week? How come we saw that guy Rice doing all the talking? He's a nice guy, but you'd think on something that means so much to so many of his constitiuents he'd be right in front of the cameras.
What you are confusing is the career overexpectation of regional pilot with the reasonable expectation. It isn't going to happen. Your expectations out of this accident, aka increased costs, will simply make your contracts with legacy carriers untenable, and promote the subsequent shift of flying back to the majors. This in turn will cause you to attempt blame shift once again to your union--since it can't possibly be your fault.