50 new united E170's to republic
09-17-2014 | 08:02 AM
#25
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Why does everyone ask this? Many pilots think they're at the top of the totem pole and are the catalyst that makes this industry run.
We aren't. We are labor. Management is in control. Airline A doesn't want to play ball (Envoy), Airline B and C do (PSA, Piedmont), they get the flying. Big new shiny jets get announced, a flood of applicants ensue. New and old pilots follow the planes. Pretty simple. As current regional pilots go to mainline, mainline awards bigger jets to regionals as they park the less efficient 50 seaters (number of planes a net loss at the regionals). That's how they're controlling pilot supply.
We aren't. We are labor. Management is in control. Airline A doesn't want to play ball (Envoy), Airline B and C do (PSA, Piedmont), they get the flying. Big new shiny jets get announced, a flood of applicants ensue. New and old pilots follow the planes. Pretty simple. As current regional pilots go to mainline, mainline awards bigger jets to regionals as they park the less efficient 50 seaters (number of planes a net loss at the regionals). That's how they're controlling pilot supply.
09-17-2014 | 08:06 AM
#27
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From: Q400 FO
Well, based on the AA 175s and the beginning of the Q program, BB has the attitude of "bid now, staff later"
Hopefully people there on the Q don't get completely screwed with the new bases (whatever they turn out to be)
Hopefully people there on the Q don't get completely screwed with the new bases (whatever they turn out to be)
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