Originally Posted by
Kellwolf
How is it a "different game?" They were all separate companies that flew airplanes coming together into one company that flies airplanes. Or are you just saying that every regional only has the career expectations of "getting hired at a major?" Personally, I don't see how a Saab/Q400/CRJ-900 would be seen any differently than a DC-9/737/757 in a seniority list integration scenario. Regionals have some pilots that are lifers, majors have some pilots that will leave before they retire for a different airline. I'm not seeing how the two are so vastly different.
Just looking at per diem, days off, pay, work rules and quality of life it is pretty clear we are not playing the same game. Aren't you the guy that told me we aren't SWA back during contract negotiations when I was demanding 13 days off? So for negotiations we are not the same as majors but for SLI we are? Regionals play under different rules, how could you argue otherwise? Very few come to the regionals planning to be a lifer. Many end up staying but that is not the original plan. In fact I've never meet a pilot that admitted to planning on being a lifer at a Regional when originally hired. I'm not a furlough so I do't have a vested interest in what happens to them, I just want to see examples of SLIs at the regional level. It is not a foregone conclusion that the precedent set by major SLIs is as applicable as you think in our case. I would not be surprised to see the furloughs integrated with their seniority in a fair and equitable manner.