Originally Posted by
crazy pills
Too late, the industry is already screwed because it was given up. You stated earlier that you are at such a great carrier with rigs and good pay but that means nothing because your scope language is worse than RAH's. RAH pilots are in the process of getting their pay and QOL upgraded in a new contract, so how is it that they don't get the chance to fix a sub par contract but you are justified by saying "don't worry we are in the process of taking it back" referring to your sh$t scope. RAH was a stepping stone like every other regional when their last contract was made and it does suck but so does yours wherever you work because you have allowed your company to farm out so much of your flying so you could make an extra couple of bucks. There would be no RAH if it wasn't for mainline pukes like you who gave up scope for a couple of extra bucks and now you realize your mistake but you blame it on young regional pilots who have no place else to go.
Your greed is the problem, so good luck taking back your scope, I hope for all of us that you succeed, but you sound pretty stupid so I'm not holding my breath.
While your statement is correct it only covers half the problem. A lot of scope was taken away from major pilots during chapter 11.
Regional pilots have a ton of blood on their hands as well. There is this funny theory called market economics that drives the value of all commodities including labor. You chose to value your labor at such a low wages and thus make it more tempting to airline management. If you and other regional pilots had said no, then the wages would have come up until sufficient pilots were found who would work at decent wages. Or better yet it would have been uneconomical to farm it out and it would have stayed at mainline.
Your desire to use RAH as a "stepping stone" and not care what you get paid is a big part of the problem.
Some pilots were indifferent, some were greedy, and some were ignorant. It doesn't change the fact that everyone had a hand in making it what it is today.