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I work for GoJet and yes, I do feel bad for their (TSA) situation. Notice I didn't say guilty. They voted down the flying. Yea, yea, yea I know the offer was crappy. I agree 100%. But, hey it's Hulas what do you expect?? All of the bashing, crying, kicking, screaming & pointing fingers at my pilot group is extremely old. My point being, if the pilots (TSA) were SO upset and angry at the outcome of the National Mediation Boards decision why didn't every one of you quit?? Remember now, at THAT time EVERYONE WAS hiring. If you truly wanted to make a statement & "raise the bar" that is always referenced in these threads, you should have walked away. You SHOULD have went to work for some other "bar raising" regional. It seems pilots always want others to do their part to help the industry except when it may affect themselves. We are our own worst enemies. I'm not trying to start a fight here. I'm just saying. Bash away. My popcorn is almost done/
You expect the entire pilot group to quit? They made a stand, voted down a crappy offer and then mgmt found a way to circumvent the pilot group by creating an alter-ego carrier. I personally don't think the TSA pilots could have done any more than they did. And don't say strike because we all know what you have to go through to be released legally to strike. You can't expect someone to quit, give up a senior CA or FO position and go somewhere else to "raise the bar" (not to mention go through training, probation, etc all over again). TSA pilots
were trying to raise the bar when G/J came along.
At may last carrier we too voted down a crappy offer for additional flying that would have actually meant a pay cut to fly larger equipment. We did this full well knowing that our parent airline could give the flying to someone else. Eventually no one got the airframes that were offered. TSA pilots did the right thing, don't try to rationalize your decision to work at G/J by judging them.