Cranky from being up late watching hockey? 😉

Heck I’m cranky all the time. Game was fun last night...still defrosting my chestnuts, though.

Looks like they want to gut TK.

I’m sure retirees would love your job Hoss...at half the rate, no benefits and no pesky line flying to keep their finger on the pulse of what’s going on.

Will be curious to see how this is rebuffed. Hard to make the business case given what AA and DAL do (and they put out a good, safe product). That being said, I think we all prefer being trained by people that may actually have to fly with us. Perhaps they could actually implement the instructor job share provisions first as a compromise. Would certainly save money and still adjust for our migrant worker style seasonal flying.

TK is an easy target. I'll also be interested to see how this goes down.

I don't think TK is that easy of a target.

I am not an instructor, nor do I aspire to be, but I must say, I enjoy the experience there, and I feel it adds much value and safety to our product and the profession. I think our pilots would fight for TK and the instructor cadre. I will.

Another thing, by outsourcing instruction to retired pilots please keep in mind that these are not likely to be dues paying members in good-standing. I don't think it has much traction at ALPA. ALPA will want it's dues money.

My best advice is to dig up the failed JV LOA the CAL NC tried to make the CAL MEC approve in the dark of night in the guise of "furlough mitigation." Read it over and do a risk assessment. It's a back door to scope relief. Maybe it's a front door too.

Two completely different financial circumstances, but point taken.

Our big mistake is we always try to “hold the line” on scope.

Then...in negotiations...we give a little.

Our starting position should be to reduce RJ flying by 50% over the next 10 years.

Negotiate from there.