Originally Posted by
iahflyr
I had a Skywest guy on the jumpseat the other day and he asked me what I think about Skywest pilots flying those 70 seat routes out of the former CAL hubs. I told him I don't like that management decided to outsource that flying, but I have no issue with the Skywest pilots for doing the flying. That is their job.
It is not Skywest pilots fault that our management gave that flying away, it is OUR FAULT as United pilots for not having negotiated a JCBA yet that includes scope banning regionals flying 70 seaters for the new United.
It is legal and safe work, and therefore Skywest pilots have no excuse not to fly the routes. That is what I told the guy on the jumpseat.
If and when the pilots from Skywest are fired for this action, I will be pretty angry at a few of my United colleagues. Some people take union politics way too far!
Nope. The flights being flown that still have the CO code on them are totally illegal. We will see what the consequences are for those entities that knowingly flew flights that are illegal per the arbitrators decision. Those entities include United management, Skywest management, and possibly Skywest pilots. "My management told me to do it" may or may not hold up when the punishments get handed down.
United and Skywest had the choice NOT to fly those flights when it was discovered that the CO codes were still on there. They chose to do it anyway. And you want the union to do what? Ignore it? Do you think management would ignore it if the pilots did something that they had JUST been ordered not to do??
PS. Call you rep and ask them what UAL's contract proposal for you is. If you aren't totally disgusted, then, well.... I'm not sure what else there is to say