Originally Posted by
dosbo
Of course ALPA has some control over telling thier pilot groups that a contract is good or bad before it goes to vote as well as fostering unity within a pilot group and industry as a whole. Your so called table scraps are mainline flying that was outsourced to companies and pilots willing to undercut mainline and each other for the opportunity to be the lowest paid. If your regional airline is so valuable and cost effective then put your own paint on it and start selling tickets yourself.
The markets and industry surely can afford to put all flying at mainline. It just takes the will of management to actually want to run an airline not a piggy bank for corporate bonuses. There is absolutely no reason that mainline cannot have reasonable payscales for all aircraft down to BE-1900's as an entry level aircraft. Just think of the ability to control the brand and quality of the product. United just rated second as one of the meanest airlines to fly on in the americas (domestic), any coincidence that nearly 50 percent of thier domestic flying is done by regionals? Most mainlines have lost complete control over the quality of thier product for domestic operations.
What you now consider table scrapes used to be mainline career paying flying.
referencing only the bold items, yeah thats most all of it.
mainline flying outsourced, first to outscore you need to own it, YOU DONT OWN ANY FLYING, plus if you wanted the flying, ALPA pilots mainline should not been so full of themselves to look down on this flying.
own paint, why not, another low cost carrier
reasonable payscales- you did not do it then you are going to do it now, US Airways E190 is max $95 for captain at 16 years, what you willing to do it for?
united bad numbers-now you blame the regionals for bad numbers, well you get what you pay for, was not DAL number 1.
table scraps-you you threw them away and now you are crying.
quick question, how long have you been a pilot at mainline, that is a recognized mainline?