The Latest Epic Failure Of The US Regionals
01-15-2013 | 10:01 AM
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Dude, you are so paranoid. How is your vote based on your apparent and obvious fear any good for anyone. You're a grown man. Are you afraid of actually working for a living or just ashamed that you won't be able to tell people you're a pilot anymore? That's if a liquidation were to occur, which I don't think would have. And chances are you're going to lose your job anyway. No one can prove otherwise.
I happen to like flying airplanes for a living, yes. I bet there arent too many people like me who are pilots.
You just said yourself, you dont think liquidation would occur and then in the very next breath you tell me Im probably going to lose my job anyway? Is that just wishful thinking? Delta has known cheap labor for 7 years now, but they're going to shut it down in a year or two? And dont tell me about Comair because the circumstances are not exactly the same.
01-15-2013 | 10:05 AM
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It might have occurred, just not in the time frame that they would have you believe. It would've taken at least a couple of years. No other carrier could have trained pilots and staffed an operation to the extent that pinnacle would've been widdled down in. It's numerically impossible. What makes you think that a liquidation won't occur regardless of the TA?
01-15-2013 | 10:08 AM
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Because if you are an FO, your chances of getting furloughed are greater than your chances of not being furloughed.
01-15-2013 | 10:10 AM
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It might have occurred, just not in the time frame that they would have you believe. It would've taken at least a couple of years. No other carrier could have trained pilots and staffed an operation to the extent that pinnacle would've been widdled down in. It's numerically impossible. What makes you think that a liquidation won't occur regardless of the TA?
01-15-2013 | 10:11 AM
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You have no idea where I fit on the list. It may surprise you to know that furlough projections are at less than 100 as we speak. Im a displaced captain so Im not as junior as you may think.
01-15-2013 | 10:15 AM
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I might know you personally, we may get along off of this forum, and neither of us would know it. Doesn't matter. With a projected 80-something airplanes, you're not senior enough as an FO to not be furloughed.
01-15-2013 | 10:18 AM
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01-15-2013 | 10:21 AM
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I'm just surprised it passed by an overwhelming majority. I would've guessed maybe 60% ish. I'm not trying to categorize just pilots from pinnacle here but I think it is interesting that a lot of regional pilots blame the majors for giving away every regional airplane but then we have an instance like this. I understand that delta was threatening liquidation but they always threaten during a strike. And just look at comair who were promised a bail out and then closed anyway.
01-15-2013 | 10:22 AM
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It is easy to tell someone how to vote until you are actually in their shoes. Guys saying that you can make more at home depot or on unemployment are full of rubish. Unless you have prior experience almost any job you get will be starting at the bottom for like $10-15/hr.
If anything what has been going on at the regionals is just a lesson to always leave yourself with outs. Even if you never have to go through what the 9E guys did you may still lose your medical. It should be the cardnial rule. Always have a plan b and heck even a plan c and d. The majors went through it in the 2000s, all regional guys are next. Now it is United's turn to dangle the carrots. US Air and american are probably close behind. There really needs to be a flying the line Vol.3 written about all this horse crap.
If anything what has been going on at the regionals is just a lesson to always leave yourself with outs. Even if you never have to go through what the 9E guys did you may still lose your medical. It should be the cardnial rule. Always have a plan b and heck even a plan c and d. The majors went through it in the 2000s, all regional guys are next. Now it is United's turn to dangle the carrots. US Air and american are probably close behind. There really needs to be a flying the line Vol.3 written about all this horse crap.
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