Originally Posted by
Sink r8
If you want to create demographic pools for the junior to play in, then why not go all the way and bring Express back? That was the ultimate junior pool to go swim in, with super-seniority, and working conditions we can only reminesce upon (unfortunately).
Because the Express guys started complaining about "C" scale, wanting "mainline pay for mainline work", but with no system rebid. It was a really interesting exercise. Many of the early Express guys were returning furloughees from the '93 class and lobbied hard for the creation of the MCO operation (Sunshine). Once they got there the past and current reps (Martin, Renkel, et. al.) forgot their history and lobbied hard for huge payraises and work rule changes, but wanted special protections for the guys in category. They forgot those 737's were the future mainline Captain seats for a lot of guys still flying FO when they were moved to Orlando. They overpromised and underdelivered to the Express pilots. While C2K got them big payraises, almost immediately the drawdown of the category began.
There was an awful lot of whining when the category was finally closed completely in 2003.
Another example of be careful what you wish for...