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Originally Posted by sanicom3205
One of those airlines, as in a dci regional. That’s what I meant and you know that. Over half our new hires come from a regional background.
Yes, they have denied commuters the jumpseat when they don’t get they want. That’s why this thread starter predicted a battle.
No one will push back on us? They already are.....
“numerous other MECs and independent unions have filed letters of protest to this change being sought by the Republic pilots.” “We have received multiple letters of protest from labor leaders – representing pilots from Southwest, JetBlue, Alaska, Hawaiian, and others – stating that they will consider proposing a change to their priority if this AA jumpseat priority change is made.”
But sure, all because we’re spiteful. If anyone is spiteful because of their tactics, I’d say it’s deserved though.
yeah In the past I flew for a DCI regional, but presently and in the future (hopefully) I’m just another OAL mainline guy. And I will soon be using AA as well as DL and others on my commute. I stand by my sentiment that a RAH/Mesa/Skywest pilot should have legit dibs for your JS over me.
Half your new hires may come from regionals, but most of those came from WOs and only have flown the AA system. Just saying they probably have not seen the details of other operations.
if AA’s stance was RAH above OAL on AA and AA above OAL on AAC Republic I could respect that
if AA’s stance was RAH is offline on AA and AA is OAL on RAH I could respect that.
but AA’s stance is your union/company demands upgraded priority on republic but refuse to extend that same priority to Republic pilots. That’s the rub. The fact you demand this is where the spiteful comment came from, you demand something you are unwilling to reciprocate and look down on those trying to get a fair deal.
to your quote, all those airlines treat AA, UA, and DL pilots the same. UA and DL already offer priority to their regional pilots, do you think they would treat AA different or that that is anything but a “please don’t because we don’t want that”?
If your union is so concerned about preserving all OAL as the same, they should have no problem lowering AA/WO pilots to OAL status on Republic.