Originally Posted by
NuGuy
Heyas,
The pushback from the 1,500 hour issue is that in a couple of years, there will be an actual shortage of bodies in the cockpit.
What we are being told is that what will follow a legitimate shortage will be either the MPL (bad), or opening the doors to foriegn pilots to fly our airplanes (gee, I thought that they had a hard time finding people overseas, too)
I hate to say this, but that is coming anyway. The MPL and cabotage is TOO lucrative a savings for the airlines. If we can't hold fast on the 1,500 hour limit, there is NO way we're going to stop cabotage and the MPL from happening, when there is real money on the line.
You can appease the dragon now, but it will always be back for more.
Nu
This kind of reminds me of the first round of pay cuts before the bankruptcies. ALPA preached to the pilot groups that they needed to take pay cuts to save their pensions. The pensions at most airlines were all terminated anyway. The pilots'
voluntary pay cuts that ALPA scared pilots into voting for ended up being free money to the companies out of our pockets. My card is in. I know virtually nothing about DPA, but I know plenty about ALPA. I'll research DPA further if it ever gets to an actual vote.