Or, you could retire with 19 years at 56 at a regional, with pass travel benefits, then have the benefits revoked by Delta. The point is this; don't work any regional job in order to attain retirement pass travel benefits, especially Delta. The history of those benefits being revoked is terrible.

They are not transferable even if you came from a Delta regional.. All you get if you come here as a Captain is up to 10 year pay scale… and sit reserve forever! You start over as far as anything else!

They would have to pay it to everyone on property .That would be quite the investment. Certainly would be nice . I think their most inexpensive way to solve all issues is go back to the way it was from the 60’s to the early to mid 90’s and all 70 seat Jet flying and higher is all mainline .

IDK how long you’ve been in this business, but just cause you vote no, doesn’t mean you can steer 6,000-10,000 other voters to vote no. After 25+ yrs, 4-5 “no” votes on TA, you come to realize, your best solution is to start side business, getting you a super majority in decision making.

Intent is NOT to start mud slinging contest. Only to state the obvious. RLA is rigged against Unions. Only need to look at todays signing by Biden (“pro labor” Pres) against Railway Unions. Over 100,000 laborers voted down contracts that didn’t include paid sick time off in CV-19 world…wtf? RLA legislation, Congressional and Presidential signature makes it “illegal” for job action. Morale of story: create your side gig business, use airline job to fund your venture, get financial “width” via multiple income streams.

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Spirit is hiring pilots with 1500 hours in a C-172 and zero college. They get a interview one hour after they apply.


Seriously?? We have reached this point already? I would be curious to see how many with this experience make it with just 5 sim sessions...

[QUOTE=Concorde001;3541842]The Airbus is actually easier than the RJ9 and some of the Turboprops I used to fly were actually harder than most jets , especially on V1 cuts . I’m happy for these young kids today . They have many more great opportunities sooner than us old farts did . I would just be stoked if we could finally get the profit sharing we should be getting .

[QUOTE=Concorde001;3541842]To be fair, In 2016/17 spirit was hiring regional pilots that were only FO’s for 3 months or so on the line, and then booted for alcohol issues. So there’s that.