Originally Posted by
Rather B Fishin
Carl,
I think you add interesting insight and debate to these forums, however you're debating a disputable point. It's a question of which came first, the chicken or the egg. Admit it or not, we do actually hold jobs which are highly coveted. This not only holds true to regional guys but look at UAL and their "open skies" fiasco. Typed rated 757 pilots, flying for regional wages, not "regional" guys flying "regional" jets.
Hell look at the NFL strike, everybody and their mother came out to realize their boyhood dream of playing on the big turf. We CANNOT control what another pilot is willing to do. We CANNOT control what another pilot is willing to work for. We CANNOT control what another pilot is willing to be paid. What we CAN control is section 1 of our PWA............
What we can also control is the response to said pilots who lament that their own actions lost them 6 years of longevity at a major to which they had not yet been hired. We can control the response to said regional pilot who says they had no other choice. We can control the response to said regional pilot who says his actions played no role and the fault lays entirely with the major pilots who gave away scope. The blame is 50/50. To say anything else is to shirk responsibility.
Carl