Originally Posted by
MD80
One thought about career expectations...
If Republic would go bankrupt what are your career expectations to get a new job?
---2 year FO at Republic vs. a Capt at Midwest or Frontier?
---7 year FO at Midwest vs. a Capt at Republic or Frontier?
---15 year Capt at Frontier vs. a Capt at Republic or Frontier?
Think about it, where can you get an interview? This thought should be given to the arbitrator to help rule on career expectation.
OK, I know I'm responding to my own posting...
Let's say Republic goes bankrupt. If we think about
career expectation as your chance of interviewing at a major. It comes down to ...
--- Do you have something like 4000+ TT and 1000+ turbine PIC
If you have it, you can interview for any First Officer position in the USA. You would have an equal career (rehire) expectation to anyone.
Who can say a company would have survived or not? Frontier could be part of SWA and Midwest could be part of AirTran or both maybe bankrupt. Career expectation in this integration is not going to be like NWA/Delta.