Why would any airline pilot, especially an RAH pilot whose group made large sacrifices in compensation & work rules to obtain iron-clad scope for their seniority list back in 2003, completely ignore that struggle and allow their seniority to be usurped by giving away those seats in the name of "the right thing to do"?

Would ANY other airline pilot group do that voluntarily?!? OF COURSE NOT!

Midwest pilots are in a crappy situation no doubt, and it'd be great for RJET to offer preferential hiring to them once their current furloughed pilots are recalled, but let's not kid ourselves - Republic didn't cause Midwest's financial problems and RAH pilots don't "owe" Midwest pilots those seats.

A narrowbody has finally arrived at the regionals, and while that's not good for the profession as a whole or the MEH group specifically the hypocritical disgust by many on here toward RAH pilots who aren't doing anything other than their jobs is just ridiculous. No regional airline pilot here would refuse to fly those airplanes had their airline gotten them. No regional pilot here would give away their seniority to another pilot out of charity.

Republic isn't an alter-ego formed to take flying away from Midwest, ala TSA & GoJet. Republic pilots didn't take paycuts or concessions in order to fly bigger, shinier airplanes...unlike so many other regional airlines out there. In fact, they're in contract negotiations and don't have a payrate for 100 seats (as these airplanes have been proposed to have).

Too bad Bedford just didn't buy MEH so this thing could go to a seniority integration/arbitration and happen (by comparison) cleanly...