Originally Posted by
magnum_man
I am now close to my thousand hours PIC that I would have had three years ago if it weren't for the TSA boys going to work for 16.50 an hour and taking my Captain slot....they have created an industry that is every man for himself and I really have no concern what happens to those guys after they boned me so hard.
Here are a few FACTS for you Mr Magnum:
Starting pay for a first year F/O at Trans States was 20.00/hr on the effective date of the contract, which was August 1st, 2000.
Which routes did Trans States take from Eagle?
Trans States flew as TWE feeding TWA out of STL.
AMR needed to remove 50 seat aircraft from their fleet as they aquired 70 seat aircraft to comply with the APA contract.
AMR elected to lease them to Trans States, in doing so they were able to keep a revenue stream from those aircraft instead of having to compete against them if they were sold to a competitor.
When AMR purchased TWA, AMR Management elected to honor the long term agreements that Trans States and CHQ had to feed the STL hub. Eagle couldn't take on the additional flying.
The 10 RJ's Trans States leases from AMR have all been re registered with HK N numbers.
Trans States MEC was against the aircraft purchase, even went as far as to walk the Eagle informational picket line, side by side with Eagle pilots, in New York.
Regardless of the 10 RJ's, you would not have held a Captains slot with the flowbacks after 911.
Fact is, hourly pay is only a part of operating cost. Those 10 airplanes no longer needed to be maintained or insured by AMR, making them cheaper to operate under the "Connection" banner.
I could go on, but no matter how you spin it, you work for a company that was created to get around a scope clause that directly took flying away from the pilots at Trans States.
Good luck in your career.