Originally Posted by
gloopy
Management doesn't have the guts to do it first of all. Do you really think they would merge and inherit the longevity of a regional, plus the training costs, just to watch them slide over to top scale pay, just to spite the pilot group? That's a bluff I am willing to call all day long because it is an empty threat.
Not only that, but the "gold standard" these days is relative ratio based on category far, far more than it is DOH or simply list ratio. If someone brings top 10% senior RJ CA to the table before the "merger", they will be top 10% senior RJ CA after the merger. Nothing more. Management would hate a "regional windfall" as much as the pilot group would.
That's true, but in arbitration - anything can happen. This Mesabah guy talks about a ratio possiblility whereby senior RJ captains are ratioed in and allow them to fly 744 and 777 captain, etc. This is not at all an impossible outcome. This is also why management knows they would have the most extreme opposition possible to any kind of merger with a regional. Even if all the RJ guys agreed in writing to a staple, we all know how those contracts can be abrogated by a later arbitration.
Carl