Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
You absolutely benefitted. And you did so at the expense of Delta Air Lines' pilots who were on the seniority list, and furloughed because their flying went to you at ASA. You're in complete denial if you don't see that.
With some different overnights in cities previously served by DAL? Yes, but I lost out on an opportunity to move long. It dried right up.
You got stuck in a dead end job because YOU chose to take that job and KEEP that job for starvation wages. You did this in the hopes of joining a major. A major that YOUR actions were hurting. A profession that YOUR actions were undercutting.
That job was generally a three year job flying props when I got hired. It turned in to a 10 year job due to scope sales, and there being no where to go except a crudy ACMI or overseas.
Back when I was hired, we were flying 30 passenger props. Five jets and a hand full of ATR's. We were not flying 100+ RJ's around. In fact the first RJ sans the BAE was not on property until after I was hired.
Are you seriously that clueless? You lost 6 years of longevity? You're that sure you would have been hired by Delta Air Lines? Or any major airline? I've now decided that I'm mad because of all that longevity I lost at Delta. You know, those years that I was working for somebody else.
You assume that this time around was the first time many new hires interviewed at majors and were hired. You assume that this was the first time anyone applied and interviewed at DAL or anywhere else. That is a wrong assumption. 9-11 and beyond effected many people that were right on the cusp of many major airline jobs.
It was ONLY your choice. This could be the most irresponsible "me generation" post I have ever seen.
Carl
You are right, buy the time C2K was signed I was already in the left seat of a 30 pax turbo prop and well qualified for all major airline jobs. What happened with that scope sale did nothing for my resume or career. All it gave me was a slightly better schedule at an airline I wanted to leave. I did not get furloughed, and that is huge. Many of my friends that came here did. I flew with many of them, and spoke very openly about how crappy of a deal this whole thing was. I actually told my reps the same thing.
Funny thing was that at the time most of them blamed DALPA and not National for the scope sale.