Originally Posted by
FlyJSH
Doing nothing, Colgan will have the Mesaba contract. Management knew that when they bought Mesaba, so it is up to US to demand MORE!
It ain't gonna be easy, but I will NOT vote for anything less than the best of Pinnacle and Mesaba PLUS! Pinnacle CORP has the biggest turbo prop fleet (twice as many as Horizon). Not to ignore the jets, but props are THE MOST EFFICIENT at puddle jumping. There is NO other regional that has the prop capacity to replace us. For ONCE, we prop guys have the trump cards. We on the prop side can and must stand firm and force a GOOD contract... FOR ALL AIRCRAFT! If we don't, then I never want to hear any b!tching about work rules, pay, or scheduling: we hold our destiny.
I wish you all the success possible. Perhaps if your costs go up the the flying will return to mainline where it belongs. Then there may be career jobs available for you to move on to.
I would have no problem flying props at mainline for reasonable wages. I currently fly them in the guard, they just point in the veritcal plane.
Please get an industry leading contract for the number of seats behind you. It really doesen't matter what the mode of propulsion is, you should be paid for what you transport.