Originally Posted by
JustAMushroom
Wrong... just wrong. So, you want to complain, but agree that these pilots should have done the same thing anyway?
The 3000 SkyW pilots and the 9000+/- other UAX pilots are not replacements. Express contributes significant dollars to your companies bottom line, which in your best interest.
I have a feeling when the 1400 UA pilots are back on property the replacement argument will go away.
You guys have the same tired arguments over and over. So... 20 people want to go from Fargo to ORD and you want to fly a 320? Great thinking. How does your company get those 20 folks into the system in the most efficent way.. BINGO! Express.
Almost everyone wants out of the regionals, the only ones that don't are the older guys. We have 99% interest in common. I wish people would focus on that instead of the 1%.
By the way I'm not "Wrong, just wrong". How does contributing to the bottom line make any difference? Fact: UAL used to have close to 11,000 pilots. UAL Express used to have, dunno, 2000 pilots? Prior to the merger, UAL had 6000 pilots, UAL Express has 9000 pilots? UAL parked 100 airplanes and reduced capacity by almost the exact percentage that UAL Express GAINED capacity. I call that replacement. What do you call it?