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Originally Posted by eaglefly (Post 1259706)

Actually no, the regionals didn't always function that way. If you've been in it 10 years, yes, but 25 years.......no. Yes, you are just chess pieces (pawns actually) and no good chess player concerns themselves too much with the interests of a pawn.

However long it shouldn't matter, 10 years is sufficient to realize how this works and not gripe about it when it happens to you. Because everyone wins some then later loses some in this industry.

And if anybody has been in this 25 years, then they only have themselves to blame for their current situation with the regionals, as 25 years should have been more then enough time to make a move out of the regionals elsewhere.

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Originally Posted by cessna157 (Post 1259583)

No, this is not growth. It's just a transferring of planes. Hiring for attrition only

Plus, the DFW base will go very senior

How do you figure? They will probably have to do a displacement bid. Why would anyone want to commute from the east coast to dfw when they have atl?

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Originally Posted by kspilot (Post 1260477)

Thanks for the advice, most of us have gotten pretty good at being angry with AMR at this point. And now you can too, give it a few months. The flying is supposed to replace ATR routes, you'll need the nourishment from those nachos flying a 20+ leg 4 day. Enjoy.

Our current Delta 200 flying is mostly what the brasilia and ATRs flew so we are well aware of 7 leg days and 20+ leg 4 days. You guys really need to grab a brew and lay off APC for a bit

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Originally Posted by Gunga Galunga (Post 1260516)

Our current Delta 200 flying is mostly what the brasilia and ATRs flew so we are well aware of 7 leg days and 20+ leg 4 days. You guys really need to grab a brew and lay off APC for a bit

So easy to be condescending and preachy when YOU are the one gaining flying, isn't it?

Class. Some have it. Some do not.

Guys, I think we're all missing the point here: at least it wasn't GoJetsssss.

Expressjet skywest RULES!
You guys are funny

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Originally Posted by stoki (Post 1260507)

It is easy to sit outside of somebody's life and cast judgement, but things are not always as they seem. If you found yourself with 18 days off a month making 100k a year and kids at home, you might, also, be remiss to move on to uncertainty. We have a training captain who was hired at United twice. The first time was when he had about 10 years in at ASA. Before he left his class was cancelled and his friends who had gone before him got furloughed. Then he got hired again, and September 11th happened before he left, and again, his friends who went before him were furloughed. Now he has about 20+ years or so of seniority and a bunch of kids at home. If he takes a job with a major now, his income gets cut in half. What would you do? Not so easy anymore.

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Originally Posted by RJ Pilot (Post 1259577)

How senior, 5yr?

BHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! 5 yrs? BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Try oh about 15!

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Originally Posted by EMBFlyer (Post 1259713)

Those are the same people tripping over themselves to praise management for Acey Day. Save for the one douche ATL FO who says the ERJ guys didn't get the flying because we didn't "get on board" (paraphrasing).

So I take it someone else told you he said this?

Amazing.......I've been off these forms for a few years and come back to the same old crap.......

The L-XJT contract makes it extremely expensive for the company to open a new base, also The CRJ side just lost a considerable amount of DAL flying, so the crews and A/C are already in place. I am happy the ASA side got the flying, mergers where one side of the house gets all new flying/growth never makes for a happy merger......