Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
The fact is, that the best way to recapture the flying already lost is to make the costs of those pilots climb up to mainline levels or close to it.
But if we have to split off then why stop there? Shouldn't we have a Captains' union and a First Officers' union? How about a separate union for Atlanta and Detroit? Where does it stop?
Maybe the union should have it's own union - oh wait, it does, and it pays a lot better than being a garden variety line pilot, and you get weekends and holidays off to boot.
Please give an example of a single regional contract where the pay rates are near their mainline partner, where any flying has been recaptured , or where management has ever stopped trying to outsource.(Management parking 50 seaters because they are too expensive on a CASM/RASM basis is not ALPA's doing)
That's pure pie-in-the-sky. The regional's are important because you can now not get elected ALPA president without pandering to them. Even Moak loves them now.