I should know better than to put in my two cents, since it has no bearing on anything other than to have a go at a message board.
First, so anyone who cares knows up front,I am a Midwest Pilot soon to be furloughed. I have been reading off and on some of the exchanges on the board. They accomplish nothing other than to raise blood pressures.
To the Republic guys and gals. Most people know that none of you have had a thing to do with the dismantling of Midwest.We all should remember that a rank and file pilot has zero input to what management decisions are made and almost zero influence as to the decisions made by their union leadership. As has been pointed out, what do we expect them to do? Quit? Refuse to fly and be fired for insubordination?
As to the various comments regarding that ,basically, Midwest had it coming due to "their" ineptness. Well, not really. First, same as Republic pilots aren't at fault for their mgmt, neither are Midwest's. Secondly, we don't know what happened. Conspiracy theories abound. What we do know is that the dismantling of the airline by Seabury appears irrational based on available knowlege. Hence, to rationalize the events, we speculate as to the whys that lead us to the current situation. It is going to lead to airplanes being flown for lower labor costs and provide a precedent as to how to eliminate longevity costs. Simply put..bad for people who work for their daily bread(the bottom 90% of us), and good for those who make money by manipulating money(i.e.the financial sector, the TPG's etc..the top 10% of the population). This is quite possibly a planned occurance rather than simply a result of free market competition. So what do we do now?
1. Hope that Republic can make a go of this, whether we think it's fair or not. It's the only way that the unemployed of all three airline groups have a shot at flying soon. As to those that have found other jobs, best wishes,, but I think we should strive to have enough flying so everyone can say either "thank you for the job"..or if they so choose.."stick this job.....".
2. Reconize that everyone who is trained and qualified is,well, qualified. Disparaging each other just raises hackles. Every place I have worked has the good,the bad, and the ugly. I suspect Republic, Frontier, Lynx(who did I leave out?) and yes, Midwest are no exception.
3. Give people the benefit of the doubt as to their good will. Most people are decent who just want to be treated fair and be fair.There is always a % of exceptions.
I've more thoughts about all this, but this is already too long.
Curious as to the replys.