Originally Posted by
250 or point 65
I'm pretty sure you completely missed his sarcasm...
However, you need to get it through your holier-than-thou head that
we . don't . want . these . jobs .
What many mainline pilots fail to understand is that we don't want these jobs. We want jobs at mainline. We want YOU to stand up to get the jobs back that MAINLINE pilots gave away. We want mainline pilots to finally realize that scope is the reason YOU are out of a job and the reason WE are stuck in a system that REQUIRES us to work at regionals to be deemed worthy to be hired by mainline.
What you seem to think: The reason you are on the street is that regional pilots are eager to fly your airplane for half as much and the solution is for regional pilots to band together and not go to work.
What the reality is: The reason you are on the street is because mainline pilots did not secure scope and forced us to work for half as much because they relinquished jobs and the solution is for mainline pilots to band together and fight Management for scope both in the new JCBA as well as the current CBA's - including this obvious CAL scope violation.
(PS, aren't you the guy who is so pro GJ? The ones who are outsourcing outsourced flying? If not, forgive me)
If you don't mind me asking... when were you hired at Skywest? If you are junior to 2003, then you were hired knowing full well that you were a replacement for a mainline guy/gal who is still on the street flying old mainline routes in mainline paint. You say you don't want the job, but ANY pilot that ends up in IAH and was forced to go down there falls into that category, so you DID want the job... After all, you applied for it!
If you are an old timer at Skywest, this doesn't apply to you, though your career progression has been immeasurably better because of this replacement flying, which is by definition your reason for existence. I know that things got comfy enough recently that many long timers decided to stay put rather than look elsewhere for work because they didn't want to start over on the bottom. Therefore, they obviously want bigger planes, flying more routes. But each and every bigger plane and new route is at the expense of someone else's job. Unfortunately, that's the consequence of applying for, and getting hired at, an outfit that has someone else's paint on the plane.