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Airlines dont start wirh unions. So airlines get planes, **** of pilots really bad, then a union is voted in. Small airlines dont get unions until they grow out traditionally, and managment fails the employees to a degree pilots snap.
Regionals were profit centers but small profits. Airlines and airline pilots never expected the four jet a day rather than one large 737 service to be so popular. Most management saw it as, realistically, a small jet niche market that wouldnt fit in their route structure.
Most regionals would not exist if not for mainline. Mainline management benefits from the whipsaw competition between regionals that is not allowed or doesn't occur between mainline carriers. This whipsaw would never occur if it was all in house. Heck all the regional pilots could be at their affiliated mainline at the same pay or maybe even paid less but also have normal career progression. All pilots could or would be starting at the true bottom rather then getting a head start beginning at a mainline. All pilots could be vetted and given the same entrance exams and interviews which mainlines love to use as their lame excuse that you haven't been vetted. Originally Posted by theUpsideDown
alpa was started by postal pilots trying to create one level of safety so one, they didnt die, and two, so some joker barnstormer didnt come in taking their job by flying broken equipment.Airlines dont start wirh unions. So airlines get planes, **** of pilots really bad, then a union is voted in. Small airlines dont get unions until they grow out traditionally, and managment fails the employees to a degree pilots snap.
Regionals were profit centers but small profits. Airlines and airline pilots never expected the four jet a day rather than one large 737 service to be so popular. Most management saw it as, realistically, a small jet niche market that wouldnt fit in their route structure.
Granted this is all just wishfull thinking or in a perfect world but if you can't agree that this system that was set up did not have discrepancies and unfair practices against regional pilots in general it does have that appearance and feel of unfairness at times.