Sorry guys but I haven't been up on the regionals in a while. I see some banter and the "s" word calling about the GoJet pilots. Can someone give me a synopsis of what the big problem is with these guys? What's the scoop? Thanks.

T

 

lol are you serious, or just a gojetter?

I walked by a crew in PWM the other day, they actually thought I was gonna say hi to them. tools

 

No, I'm serious. Furloughed from the big 6 and have been out of flying for the last 2yrs. Just curious as to what all the flak is about GoJet. I don't know anything about them and sure I can ask around and research but I was hopeful one of my fellow colleagues here would enlighten me.

 

SEARCH funtion.....

Newbies read this!
http://airlinepilotforums.com/showthread.php?t=9458

 

Ok. I guess I'm going to get that treatment. Tried the search function. A bunch of bla bla bla and name calling but nothing that explains the situation. Best I can tell they are an alter-ego of Trans States. Union/contract busting. Nothing is surprising or new in this business.

 

i tried to find a link to a thread, but i'm lazy and gave up quick. there are several...it's been beaten to death on here.

 

I think you need 10 posts to start using the 'search' function. I'm only a CFI still so I'm not going to pretend I know a whole bunch about the regionals and particularly Blojets but I can tell you that's one place that will never see my resume.

 

sums it up

 

TSA alter-ego, they are getting growth that should have gone to TSA. Mostly street hires, but a few TSA types jumped over to get upgrade out of seniority I think. Management even arranged for them to vote in the teamsters to prevent alpa from getting on board...naturally the scumbag pilots went along cuz alpa would have obviously integrated them by DOH with TSA.

Their pilots are universally despised in the regional world, I wouldn't even consider them since so many companies are hiring now.

They are equivalent to Freedom-A or Boston Maine if you are familiar with those fiascos.

 

Thanks Rickair. I appreciate the info. I am very familiar with Freedom. Offered me a job and I turned them down for that very reason. Unfortunately there are a lot of Lorenzo-type, scumbag owners/managers out there that only care about one thing............making a buck at everyone else's expense. The sad thing is that the few unprofessional, winer pilots that are out there don't make it any better for the rest of us. I know several airline managers most of whom used to be line pilots that have turned nearly 180 degrees. All they do is complain about pilots and thus forget where they came from. But every dog has his day and one day soon there will be redemption. You can only throw so many low-time pilots into jobs until the FAA takes notice. The regionals are going to be hurting in the next few years. It's going to be interesting.

One thing however I think is disgusting is to see the term "scab" thrown around as loosely as it is in this business. A scab is a strikebreaker. Not the right term here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strikebreaker