Originally Posted by
dontsurf
just so i'm understanding this correctly. united's management is violating the contract that continental (now united) has with its pilots.
and the solution is:
punish skywest pilots.
i guess i don't see the logic there.
united pilots gave up scope. continental pilots didn't. continental is now united. maybe the continental guys don't know how united treats its employees, but here's lesson #1, right? 66 seat regional jets in houston and soon to be in newark. that's YOUR management doing it to you, it's not skywest, or republic, or anyone else.
complain to the people that made the decision. don't blame and punish the people who are stuck with the results of the decision just like you are.
Your post is spot on. I can't believe some of the responses on this thread. I know this is not the most ideal situation, but we shouldn't be taking out our anger on Skywest pilots. We should be focusing our efforts on the company and take it to court if we have to.
In close to 20 years I have denied a jumpseat once. It was too someone who was really rude to a gate agent and flight attendant. If I hear a CAL pilot denying a jumpseat to a Skywest pilot trying to get to work, I'm going to put the CAL pilots name on my do not jumpseat list.
Skywest pilots, you are always welcome on my jumpseat.