RAH purchases: The good and the bad
06-26-2009 | 02:20 PM
#21
Gets Weekends Off
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Perhaps the RAH pilots will learn from the Airways integration debacle and ensure that Midwest and Frontier guys are base, seat, and pay protected. Even the furloughees. If RAH is going to stop selling it to every major with an open checkbook and become an actual airline (instead of a merely a lift sub-contractor) I think the pilot group would benefit from the experience those guys have.
On the other hand RAH's pilots outnumber Midwest and Frontier pilots combined by 2 to 1. Its not inconceivable that they all get stapled to the bottom of RAH's list and Captains with 10 to 20 years experience wind up junior to RAH pilots who were literally still in diapers when these "New Hires" started at MidEx or Frontier.
On the other hand RAH's pilots outnumber Midwest and Frontier pilots combined by 2 to 1. Its not inconceivable that they all get stapled to the bottom of RAH's list and Captains with 10 to 20 years experience wind up junior to RAH pilots who were literally still in diapers when these "New Hires" started at MidEx or Frontier.
Give us some breathing room to get some payscales and lock down these mergers. I know now that most all of your wildest dreams of Mesa failing seem to be on the door step you have to find someone new to beat. Just lighten up and offer something constructive instead of the crap I keep reading. And for crying out loud, you can't change anything so stop whining about it.
06-26-2009 | 02:26 PM
#22
Che Guevara
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You are naive if you think that a weak carrier (in this case Frontier and Midwest) being purchased by a stronger carrier (RAH) always turns out for the best for those at the weak carrier. I think there are a couple thousand former TWA guys who would be willing to put things in perspective for you. The short story is AA got their airplanes and their jobs while they were left in the cold.
06-26-2009 | 02:36 PM
#23
Line Holder
Joined: Jul 2006
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I never said the airline owed furloughed pilots a job. I said, where I on furlough, I would be unhappy the company could make these aquisitions, but not be able to keep me employed. That's very different from saying the airline owes the pilots a job at the cost of aquisitions that could be beneficial for the bottom line.
I don't know if thats the best analogy, but hope you get my drift. I'm furloughed too, so I understand that the flying simply is not there to keep my employed. If my regional decided to go buy another airline, I won't get mad that thats money they could be paying me.
06-27-2009 | 05:51 PM
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