Originally Posted by
jonnyjetprop
Why don't you get all the jet flying at mainline?
Because the airlines, the pilot unions and the pilot's flying at the mainline don't really want it. The guy who said that the regionals is the new B scale is right on. Why would a guy flying at the mainline invest any bargaining capital in bring back the smaller jets? He has a job. The only reason we are talking about this is because the "seniority treadmill" has stopped (because of the economy and age 65). ALPA gets paid on both ends, so why fight it. In two or three years, it will fade into the background.
With the joint ventures being attempted additional mainline jobs are now threatened from the upper end now. At what point will all outsourcing be taken seriously. The only thing outsourcing does is allow management to put more money in their pockets and shift blame to the subcontractor when something is not right.