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⌐ AV8OR WANNABE
I agree with everything you said above - 100%
The jumpseat ban, I don't know, I guess in my view that's an action that should be used sparingly and only against people who've crossed a picket line, etc? I mean, if we use your analogy Gojet situation was even worst as that airline's sole reason for being formed was to bypass TSA's union. I guess I simply don't know enough about the Republic/Midwest/Frontier subject yet...
PS. Off the subject - hate the iphone's auto spell-check... Darn thing will change whole words before you know it...
What MD-80 is trying to convey here is the fact that while the Republic EXCO did absolutely nothing to help the Midwest pilots keep their jobs, the Republic Pilots have done absolutely nothing either. BB pumped money into YX for one reason. That reason was so his parked E-170's would have routes to fly. Those routes belonged to MIDWEST. MIDWEST was not bankrupt. Our contract spells out: ALL FLYING AT MIDWEST WILL BE FLOWN BY PILOTS ON THE MIDWEST SENIORITY LIST. BB takes his airplanes, paints them our colors and throws a little "Connect" sticker on them, convinces an arbitrator it is a "Code Share" and his pilots take over for less than half of what the YX pilots were being paid. When it is all said and done, pilots at other airlines need to ask yourself if these people deserve the common courtesy. They sure didn't give it to the YX pilots. If I am able to move on, I will never let one of them jumpseat on my airplane. They have shown their true colors to me. They are bringing down the industry at an alarming rate. Why placate them.