Originally Posted by
sizzlechest
so you have been a part of this too.....ironic.
No. I flew mainly 37 seaters for Chautauqua. I did occasionally fly the 50 seater. I was long gone by the time this cluster happened.
Originally Posted by
slumav505
At the time or acquisition, YX was losing all it's airframes. And had most of it's guys on furlough. F9 was furloughing. So you are saying they are more "entitled" to my pitiful right seat in an RJ that I was hired into... I don't think so. I'm sorry but when we were all on the street we were all competing for jobs against each other. It's not my fault that their companies went into bankrupcy and got bought. I happened to be furloughed by a company that didn't really need to, and I got my seat back. Awful lot of belly aching from guys who have had some tough luck. Again, if the major's hadn't caved on allowing RJ's to be flown for pennies on the dollar, these mega regionals would not exist, nor have the money to acquire LCC's. 76 seats is still too much.
You were furloughed. The Midwest pilots were still flying. Yes, I feel the Midwest pilots are more entitled to a seat than you. My opinion does not matter, but if I was merging the lists, I would put Frontier and Midwest first officers together with your captains. My reasoning is that the Midwest/Frontier first officer pay scales mirror your captain pay scales.
Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
So you're saying if you were still a CA here and picked up the paper reading about RAH bidding for Frontier you would have quit on the spot?
No. The Midwest situation bothers me a lot worse than the Frontier situation. Bedford blatantly replaced some well-paid pilots with food-stamp eligible pilots. Are you still making $37/hour 5 years into your career? So sad.