Originally Posted by
Bond
According to your original post you think is ok to make sub par wages on mainline aircraft because that's capitalism?
Capitalism has nothing to do with your group's ability to negotiate mainline wages for mainline aircraft.
Bond_
First lets re-establish that I do not speak on behalf the Republic Holding pilot group, the Teamsters, or anyone else. My ideas and statements are just that, mine. My name is screen name is KiloAlpha;
not KiloAlpha, Republic Pilots, all regional pilots,
et al.
Now that that has been established. I never said I liked the current wages at which we operate. I think they are **** poor. I am not happy to see MidEx pilots and employees in general losing their jobs. Jobs which, feed them, put a roof over their head, and allow them to take their children to the doctor.
In theory capitalism should have everything to do with our pay rates.. but in order for capitalism and the "american democracy" to succeed there are several principles that must be adhered to; one of which is morality. If all players involved in this game were behaving in a moral fashion, the result would likely be different. As I stepped away from my computer, I realized that I didn't clearly convey my thoughts; perhaps I still have not...