A reply to a couple legit questions.
1. why would anyone want to start over at Republic? Easy.It's a flying job. I just sent a resume to an operator who flys c-207's (among other craft.)This after almost 34 years flying professionaly. Its what we (some of us anyway) do.
2. Why didn't we take the previous offer? Partly it's a long process to get to where one will take the cuts in contract/pay. Probably more importantly is what I was told by a union negotiator. Basically, that "Seabury(they were the thugs hired to "restructure" Midwest) doesn't want a deal". They didn't want us to agree to a contract. Every time we tried to pin them down on anything of substance, the offer would change.
Hence..back to what I stated at the beginning.... this isn't the RAH pilots fault, but it is everyone's problem. WE have to remember that someday we may share cockpits. Until the one post I responded to earlier, I had not heard any RAH pilot say that the Midwest gains were "their" flying. Most seem to want to somehow get this done without screwing too many too badly.
Lastly, IBT could add a ton to Teamsters natl bottom line if every airline group saw that signing up with IBT gives a natl senority list and a DOH integration. ALPA would be spinning as the pilot groups left enmasse.