Originally Posted by
NoStep
Winglet,
Don't you think it's difficult for ALPA at, say a ComAir or a Mesaba, to negotiate industry leading CBA's with the same management team (being wholly owned), when an outsourced carrier flying for the same mainline undercuts them? It's kinda' hard for the line pilot to, "support their fellow pilots" when he/she sees their aircraft parked and another DCI carrier occupying most of their gates.
NoStep,
Don't you think it's difficult for ALPA at, say a Delta, to negotiate industry leading CBA's with the same management team, when wholly owned carriers like ComAir and Mesaba undercuts them? It's kinda' hard for the line pilot to, "support their fellow pilots" when he/she sees their aircraft parked and another Delta owned carrier occupying most of their gates.
Mesa is not the problem. The artificially lowered expectations of 'regional' pilots is.