Main thing is not to accept concessions on pay rates etc. you’ll never get it back.

Agree. Full pay until the last day, no concessions.

Well said, for any other type of concession (monthly guarantees, etc), it needs to be done in a month-by-month temporary agreement that has a defined expiration date.

with you man.

I believe that 50 hours pay deal is just for 1 month. After that, who knows

Correct, it's month to month.

Last time I checked, we are one of the few who are still pay protected with no concessions.
Are you seriously complaining that they can cancel flights while getting paid for them?

Yes dera I am saying that. Take a look at Skywest, they have an amazing deal and did it all without a union. I know you are part of that system now, so naturally you are going to defend it even more, but our union has done nothing for us on this issue.

The company is exposing us to greater risk using this approach and it will simply mean more long mid-day sits and more being stuck at outstations until they figure out what to do with us. Mid-day sits in base are not covered for pilots in terms of a free hotel, so plan on using a commuter. If you burn trough them, plan on buying your own or sitting on a bench. I would much rather be able to choose to stay at home and still know I will get some sort of pay, not asking for the entire thing here, but something.

Lets not fool ourselves here either, the company will receive relief from the government on this and will be able to recoup losses related to crew/personnel. so they could have done the right thing. Per the usual, our union has come out and essentially defended the company while asking us to conserve fuel with nothing going in our favor or looking out for us.

Sure... But you do realize all leverage is gone. And regionals never had a ton of leverage to begin with. The only saving grace for regionals for the past few years has been the exponential growth the legacies were trying to support necessitating throwing money at staffing the regionals. That has ended as of February 2020.

Make no mistake, the legacies will not be thinking strategically so to speak in the coming months. They will be thinking only of survival. Low cost over performance is going to become a critical factor all over again and watch... the whipsaw is alive and well. Get ready for it. Only this time the need to reduce capacity is more critical than it was in prior industry events. This is going to get nasty.

100% agree.. I think we could be heading back to low regional pay with a line out the door and no end to whipsawing in sight. Hopefully it doesn't last very long