Willing to forget about the past? You have pilots who have flown for their entire professional career. Many have gone back to 1st year pay MULTIPLE times. Many of these guys have meager retirements saved up partly due to WEAK contracts and countless personal sacrifices made in the name of this "profession."
And you're asking that they just brush the past away to make ANOTHER sacrifice for someone who hasn't contributed anything (300hr GLA SuperPilot) to the industry yet?
Good luck with that.
This mentality is exactly what I'm talking about. Why should I care about the 300 hour GLA SuperPilot if I can effect change on the magnitude that the 300 hour GLS SuperPilot would be irrelevant.
Like I said, pilots have to abandon the attitude that since I went through hell everyone else must also. That is what I mean by forgetting about the past. The wounds of the past should only be used to motivate people to effect change so that no one else endures those same hardships. And it may also take having to make one more hardship to make that happen. And that is why pilots need to abandon the "whats in it for me right now" attitude as well.
Of course! Because contracts are permanent and set in stone!
You guys have your heart in the right place...but your head up the wrong place.
Exactly why that language can be included on any contract. Once you have the language in place, there is nothing management can do, short of BK, to take it away if the other party is unwilling.
If there is a will, there is a way. It sounds like you are not against anything we are talking about buy just believe that it isn't possible. It is possible. This is a man made problem that can be fixed if enough of us want to fix it. This isn't like trying to defy any laws of physics.
Why aren't the pilots participating? One would think if they REALLY believed in the system, then they'd participate, right?
I can say the same thing for the US government. Why aren't the citizens participating? ONe would think if they REALLY beleived in the sytem, then they'd participate, right?
And the AUDACITY of those GA pilots wanting to benefit from all the airway/airport infrastructure ALPA helped usher in...bunch of damned free loaders!!!
I am indifferent to the Skywest pilots.
The difference is that most GA pilots are not trying to make their living more safe. Most GA pilots can elect not to fly if they feel its too dangerous where as airline pilots had to deal with pilot pushing.
But even if you did earn a living in GA, there are other organizations you could contribute to to make it better such as AOPA, EAA, NAFI, SPA, HAI, NBAA, etc.
Look, my comments about ALPA stem from the fact that there is a very obvious disconnect between large carriers and small. Large carriers WILL drive the agenda at ALPA. It will take the wills of many smaller carriers to go ahead and WORK together towards common goals to make them heard. But until you get Chip and Skyler out of the mindset that their job at XYZ Regional airlines is just a "tour of duty" you won't be able to achieve a "minimum" type of contract that should be in place at every regional airline...meaning that certain work rules and certain pay should be a "minimum"...not THE minimum.
I think that may have been a fair comment in the not so distant past. Keep in mind also that almost half of ALPA pilots are from non-major carriers. Also, keep in mind that half of the Executive Vice Presidents on the Executive Council are from non A list carriers (DAL, UAL, FDX, CAL) and that one of the national officers is a regional pilot as well.
The Fee for Departure Task Force is working on exactly what you are talking about. They are banding together to come up with minimum contract standards which will include seniority transportability. You should look into it and try to help.
But let me ask, assuming I could vote: I'm supposed to elect people that will do these things. And then they don't do these things that I want them to do. I only get to elect a few people at my line pilot level. What's my vote mean beyond those people? Besides, even if the person I get to vote in is trumped by the agenda of the others, who's ultimately responsible? Me and my fellow line pilots or the other people WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF THE NATIONAL UNION?
The only other alternatives are to not vote/participate OR to run for an elected representative position.
Scope is probably the biggest example. ABC's scope clause immediately impacts XYZ regional's operations.
I say, have all the major airline pilots scope in all regional jet flying for themselves.
