RAH buys Midwest!!!

[Browntothebone]

We can go in circles all day. Midwest and Frontier were career airlines. The hiring process at these airlines was a lot more selective. Their minimums were a lot higher. Republic pays peanuts. The Midwest pilots are being replaced by cheaper labor because a judge ruled against their scope. As long as it says "connect on the side" it is not a replacement aircraft. Now the Republic pilots want the Midwest pilots to merge happily into the Republic list and work under a contract that pays a fraction of what they used to make. It will never happen. They might end up merged in, but none of them will fly for $37/hour. If any of them end up as captains with longevity (16 years), they will probably stay, but they will be miserable to work with. You Republic guys need to accept the fact that you have inferior jobs because of your contract. Republic is not a good place to spend the rest of your career no matter much you want to believe it. Bedford and Heller will never give you guys a decent contract. Five years from now, you will still be in negotiations. You will eventually sign a contract with a few improvements, but still no where near what the Midwest and Frontier guys were making. This is assuming Republic even exists in five years. I could see the company going out of business without you guys ever getting a new contract. To ask the Frontier and Midwest pilots to join your seniority list and work under your rules is insulting to them.

Maybe.... But there aircraft (ERJ-170/190) are SUPERIOR! Since we live to fly, isn't flying a superior aircraft really what's important?

 

[likeitis]

If Bedford wants to run Frontier, their pilots will HAVE to be merged with ours. Period. Bedford has to pay to play, or this place will be shut down in a heartbeat.

Wrong, rah can have 49% ownership and it wouldn't need to be merged. BB than can buy a 2% minority share and thus he is in control without having to merge the two airlines. When will you guys learn that you are not in control and no matter what you do the owners can pay $1000.00/hour lawyers to blow holes in any contract. The ONLY choice anyone really has is to walk away and not play in their games.

 

[olympus593]

Maybe.... But there aircraft (ERJ-170/190) are SUPERIOR! Since we live to fly, isn't flying a superior aircraft really what's important?

No it's not.

 

[olympus593]

If Bedford wants to run Frontier, their pilots will HAVE to be merged with ours. Period. Bedford has to pay to play, or this place will be shut down in a heartbeat.

Coming from a republic pilot that funny!

 

[hockeypilot44]

If Bedford wants to run Frontier, their pilots will HAVE to be merged with ours. Period. Bedford has to pay to play, or this place will be shut down in a heartbeat.

Lol. You are wrong. Your pilots will not shut the place down. They will continue to go to work and enjoy flying under your current contract. The majority of your first officers have never made a decent wage. They don't even know what a decent wage is. Your captains used to be first officers so they think they are rich. I am sure Bedford will merge the lists because it is in your contract. He has never broken your contract before, has he?

 

[olympus593]

Lol. You are wrong. Your pilots will not shut the place down. They will continue to go to work and enjoy flying under your current contract. The majority of your first officers have never made a decent wage. They don't even know what a decent wage is. Your captains used to be first officers so they think they are rich. I am sure Bedford will merge the lists because it is in your contract. He has never broken your contract before, has he?

Well it's not like they ever furloughed out of seniority, or have tried ( and successed ) at finding loopholes in the majors scope clause contract before.
LOL.

 

[Browntothebone]

Lol. You are wrong. Your pilots will not shut the place down. They will continue to go to work and enjoy flying under your current contract. The majority of your first officers have never made a decent wage. They don't even know what a decent wage is. Your captains used to be first officers so they think they are rich. I am sure Bedford will merge the lists because it is in your contract. He has never broken your contract before, has he?

Just wate will Bedford waves the ultimate carrot in front of your face... an Airbus. You guys will wet yourselfs to be the first RAH pilot to get checked out in the bus.

 

[AirBill]

Wrong, rah can have 49% ownership and it wouldn't need to be merged. BB than can buy a 2% minority share and thus he is in control without having to merge the two airlines. When will you guys learn that you are not in control and no matter what you do the owners can pay $1000.00/hour lawyers to blow holes in any contract. The ONLY choice anyone really has is to walk away and not play in their games.

Well, how's that going to look to shareholders of RAH? Seems like a fairly cut-and-dried conflict of interest. Doesn't seem like a lot of shareholders would be too keen about that.

 

[AirBill]

Just wate will Bedford waves the ultimate carrot in front of your face... an Airbus. You guys will wet yourselfs to be the first RAH pilot to get checked out in the bus.

Wow. Come up with that spelling all by yourself there, Chester?

 

[olympus593]

Wow. Come up with that spelling all by yourself there, Chester?

Spelling doesn't matter scab, flying a F-100 for 37$/H with no cancellation pay does. Have a nice F-U-C-K-I-N-G day scab.