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STILL GROUNDED
Not sure what you are getting at. As a 3rd yr FO I have not had a month under 85 hours yet. Yes the guarantee is 75. I'd have to call flame bait on the post though. It looks like you are just trying to start something, again.
PS: the BS BB Tag line is a joke, its not as if he's called any of us or cares about our opinions. He pukes in our food every chance he gets. Most of us would leave if we could but the greener grass is usually created by chunkier better puke. 
Not FB at all in fact! I am beyond most of the angst and now I would love nothing more than to puke right in your CEO's pocketbook.
As I see it we have zero leverage with the current system and it is being used over and over to mgmt's advantage.
If there is a legal way to level the playing field then thats what we need to focus on. The tough part is that it involves sacrifice, fortitude, and cooperation. Things not always found in spades amongst our brethren.
Maybe we are reaching our breaking point, one can only hope.
Your company's leadership is driving the airline pilot profession bus straight into the toilet. Its affecting you all especially at the bottom end and I sense that even the legacy folks look at whats happening here and see the HUGE potential pitfalls like the further erosion of scope to 100 seats. It affects everyone.
I was trying to get a sense of what it costs to pay the bottom 1/2 of your list.
Is it worth some sacrifice money wise for a large number of us to:
1) restore at least a living wage to regional pilots in the USA?
2)Protect the jobs at the legacies from predators like BB and even their own mgmt?
Speaking for myself a resounding YES:
I will admit that I am passionate about the issue, but I will also say that I am pretty certain that I will not stand to gain personally from any favorable outcome in the smaller issue of the integration of these pilot groups. That is by choice.
So what would it take to "take it back"
A very large number of airline pilots to pledge and maybe donate up to 1% of their monthly income to pay pilots who have resigned their FO positions at company X. I would suggest a pledge, and if necessary an assessment lasting for a year just to provide an ample safety net if progress is not achieved.
The tough part will be convincing 1/2 or some large percentage of pilots to write that letter and be prepared to turn it in to regain the leverage that has been lost and force mgmt. to do something drastic in our favor.
I have left out thoughts/strategies that would come into play but most of you are smart enough to figure out what some of the likely outcomes are. Is it legal? Maybe not.
I have paid a lot of dues in my life and I do not have a problem doing so provided my union provides me some basic protections. Unfortunately our system of an association of separate locals has not worked well for us and its time we ALL step up to the plate.
We are only as good as our weakest link and I do not mean that to disparage anyone.
I am tired of hearing we have no power, leverage, unity. I am ready to do something and if its legal I will gladly promise and if necessary make the financial sacrifice to help regain some of what has been lost.
I realize that the likelihood of something like this actually happening is probably nil but we are going to have to start looking for ways to get around the constructs currently in place to level the field.
One thing for sure we all stand to gain if we can do this or something like it. Have we reached the point yet where we have the strength to take on something like this. I guess we all have to answer that one.
I wish I were partaking in consuming some fermented malt beverages on a sat. night but honestly I am not.