Originally Posted by
grdprox
While it would be nice to pipe dream that they get JB or better, the facts are THEY ARE STILL A REGIONAL that fly's for us and other flag. JetBLUE fly's for JetBLUE! They are their own entity. JB does not get paid a fee for departure. JB pays for their own diesel. JB handles their own ticketing, need I go on. If Republic was it's own entity then sure, you better get JB or better, but the game has changed. To stay competitive, they still must keep an attractive bottom line for DCI and the lot. Impossible if they get JB rates or better. They are a REGIONAL AIRLINE!! Even though they may look like otherwise. What they should do is try to negotiate close to the payrate and get other QOL bonuses thrown in.
I think very soon they will be Midwest Airlines. The problem is that TH & his immoral, sick, should rot in H€LL cronies probably were planning this all along. They get dirt cheap labor, completely eliminate their mainline pilot group, & increase their profit big time.
We need to encourage & support RAH pilots to accept NOTHING LESS then B6 rates. It's the only way to defend our profession from these attacks that the Lorenzo's, JO's, & Brian Bedfords continue to lay on us.