Originally Posted by
nigelcobalt
Well for now they ARE separate companies. How do you think combining would be better. We all get it now you think we should be one. We should all be Delta or whatever. But my question STILL is how? How do we all unite? How do we all help eachother? You are sitting back condemning us, but offer no path but DO IT! Again, do you have any actual ideas? It's easy to argue over nothing, but I've got better things to do than that. If you want a discussion on how to improve things, let's do it.
You start by unionizing becuase it's obvious that management doesn't want one list.
Originally Posted by
gtechpilot
As a furloughed ASA pilot, winglets' line of reasoning doesn't seem that far off. I don't see him bashing anyone or posting anything that is not factual. Republic has multiple holding companies, but they are all Republic pilots (same for Mesa, however long that lasts).
I also agree that the whipsaw game is being played, although fairly mildly. During contract negotiations when SKW Inc bought ASA, Delta had originally designated -900s for ASA to fly. The ASA MEC at the time wanted certain provisions in the contract and JA threatened to transfer the -900s to SKW if the union didn't give in. The union called his 'bluff'.
More recently, PBS was pushed by management very hard last year. We were told over and over that we needed to agree to it and soon or there would be no growth. Very shortly after talks seemed to 'break down' this summer, the company furloughed.
Other than Winglet, this post will somehow be ignored by everyone else.