Originally Posted by
Pilotguy143
If this was 1994, you would be talking about what a horrible choice it would be to go to Southwest, with their lack luster pay, benefits, etc. Bottom line, people need to do what is best for their situation, and I for one, refuse to look down on someone for doing what is right for them and their family.
so in your eyes, you have no problem with people scabbing?
and for SuperPilot's post, I understand what your are saying, however that thinking is why so many people are willing to put up with poor work rules and low pay. Unfortunately the path to a major is not that easy (when NWA was hiring they hired a very "targeted" pilot group, at least from what I saw, they took a lot of guys with just under 1,000hrs of PIC and did pass up a lot of guys with a lot of PIC, again this is not all that they hired but it did seem to be a trend, you can't deny that), anyway the problem is,this industry has changed and one's tenure at a regional will most likely be a few years, so why take the abuse?, does the "end justify the means?" maybe it does, but if the QOL and pay at the regionals improves I would imagine the pay & QOL at the majors will improve.
An example are the guys that went from XJT over to CAL, a lot of those guys are hardcore and simply wont accept the fact that they had better work rules when they were at XJT, so now that their contract is up they are fighting tooth and nail to make sure they get a better contract
anyway enough of the rambling