Originally Posted by
sweptback
Cold shoulder from the union? The pilots are paying for your COBRA payments... how is that a cold shoulder?
I feel for you, being unemployed in this market (I have a close friend in a very similar state). But what more would you want the union to do?
And, like others have said, the only way you're getting your job back is via 1. attrition (not likely) or 2. growth. PBS gives us a much, much better chance to grow. It may suck in the short term, but long term hopefully things are rosy.
I'm not bashing the pilot group there, but ask anyone furloughed how easy it is to get info from 'our' union.
As for being unemployed, the only thing I would have asked from the union was for us to have the same flight benefits that the first group had so that I could more easily make it to interviews. Unfortunately, and I am almost quoting what I was told when I asked, the union had little interest in fighting for that when there were so many larger issues to deal with.
As for returning to ASA, the best possibility actually is attrition. I may eat my words on this later, but I'd be surprised to see any actual growth even if Mesa magically goes under. And if the 20 50-seaters don't find work, expect more furloughs, even with PBS.
Don't get me wrong, I think PBS is the future and needs to happen, but the timing it suspicious and I hope everyone thinks long and hard before accepting anything substandard just to 'keep us competitive'.
Ok, back to lurking, don't mind the troll.