AMR Merger will erode Pilot Retirement Jobs

[SWA Bubba]

373 Booya!

Hmmm... you SEEM to be on the wrong thread.

(Although, one can never have too many geezer meters!)

Hey, Fubi, what's your avatar now? It looks kinda' like a radioactive hoohaw. I must be looking at it wrong.

Bubba

 

[Fubijaakr]

I guess no one here is a Lord of the Rings fan....

 

[Spinn555]

Hey, Fubi, what's your avatar now? It looks kinda' like a radioactive hoohaw. I must be looking at it wrong.

Bubba

I agree. If that is a picture of somewhere on your girlfriend, she should have an OB/GYN look at that.

 

[waveflyer]

Competitiveness is entirely dependent on the supply of pilots available. If the mainlines dumped the RJ operators and replaced them with 737s in those markets, turboprop time would be the qualification you needed to get hired.

This is a guy who gets it-

Good post- far and away- most pilots at regionals fly whatever plane they have to fly to get to the majors
I know it's LOTR- but it still looks like a 'radio-active hoohaw'
(could be fun....once:beer::nuts: )

 

[Golden Falcon]

As a former "tail-hooker" myself, I would stipulate that when the "Eagles" and "Expresses" and the like started to happen, mid eighties..if the major pilot groups had pushed the issue to staple the regional partners to their seniority lists, none of this would have happened....but nooooo hell we couldn't even get jumpseats on the "big boys"...too busy looking after themselves...and it came back to bite them didnt it....you made the bed, sleep in it...stop whingeing about scope...you deserve it...

 

[tailhookah]

Read my posts... I never said I gave up the scope, it happend well before my watch started. I have said that I'm tired of you regional/feeder guys whining about major jobs. Get in line and take a number. And when you get here and fly with me don't look around w/ that $hit eating grin and tell me how much greater it is than Mesa... guess what? It used to be much, much better than Mesa.

Guys like you have diluted the mentality at the majors. It used to be much better. Guys like you are happy w/ the status quo and don't want to fight for higher wages and vote for your future. You are all worried about being furloughed and wont fight for your future.

I come on this board for the first time in months and have to hear you guys whine about not getting into the majors due to American and USair possibly getting together.

You are part of the problem... your 70 and 90 seaters flying OUR routes... it's life and we deal w/ it on the top. But to hear one of you complain about it???? Well it just shows me how naive you "feeder" guys are... and how I am tired of your new big shiny jet syndrome and "this is so much better than Mesa" attitude.

Don't worry... I'll time out in 22 years. Until then...

Tail

 

[waveflyer]

Good stuff there super star- I love getting lectured about airline life from some mid-40's self-entitled military brat with half my qualifications and accomplishments. Get in line? What are the chances most civilian pilots were way more qualified for the job than you were?
Now I respect our mil pilots and proud of your service- but one of the main reasons major airlines have voted scope away is because they didn't want a mainline pay rate as low as the RJ would command bc they didn't want to subject the self titled military sky gods to it- now bc of that mentality, you have those rates anyway.
You're a fool hookah and just don't get that YOU are the problem, not the pilots you so freely berate-

 

[Dumb Pilot]

Hah the "Us vs. Them" between the main line and the regionals, what a wonderful gift we as pilots have given to management, a gift that keeps on giving.

 

[scoreboardII]

I was wondering how long it would take for blame to shift to military pilots.

Well done.

 

[LaGarbage Man]

Hah the "Us vs. Them" between the main line and the regionals, what a wonderful gift we as pilots have given to management, a gift that keeps on giving.

Just like " The Clap "

 

[Twisted Mind]

What are you talking about? Lee himself has clearly stated that no such rift between legacy and contract carrier exists.

 

[waveflyer]

I was wondering how long it would take for blame to shift to military pilots.

Well done.

It's not "military pilots" 90%+ are great people-
It's military pilots with this dude's mentality-

 

[scoreboardII]

Just saying, just saying...

 

[lowpitchstop]

Good stuff there super star- I love getting lectured about airline life from some mid-40's self-entitled military brat with half my qualifications and accomplishments. Get in line? What are the chances most civilian pilots were way more qualified for the job than you were?
Now I respect our mil pilots and proud of your service- but one of the main reasons major airlines have voted scope away is because they didn't want a mainline pay rate as low as the RJ would command bc they didn't want to subject the self titled military sky gods to it- now bc of that mentality, you have those rates anyway.
You're a fool hookah and just don't get that YOU are the problem, not the pilots you so freely berate-

"Half my accomplishments and qualifications"... Have you piss tested recently? While you were yanking gear in and out of mke, many of us were flying at 300' trying to avoid Sams... I'm sure your "accomplishments" are amazing....

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[tailhookah]

Good stuff there super star- I love getting lectured about airline life from some mid-40's self-entitled military brat with half my qualifications and accomplishments. Get in line? What are the chances most civilian pilots were way more qualified for the job than you were?
Now I respect our mil pilots and proud of your service- but one of the main reasons major airlines have voted scope away is because they didn't want a mainline pay rate as low as the RJ would command bc they didn't want to subject the self titled military sky gods to it- now bc of that mentality, you have those rates anyway.
You're a fool hookah and just don't get that YOU are the problem, not the pilots you so freely berate-

You flew the 1900, CRJ and now the 737. Wow, those are some quals to brag about. We are now going to get into a pi$$ing contest b/c I have stated some facts about you young newbies that don't get this industry and are complaining about slow upgrades, not getting into the majors and being stuck for awhile. All I did was point out that many of you newbies got those fast upgrades in record time into 50, 70 and 90 seat jets at my expense.

So now when you are slinging my gear, I just don't like to tolerate your lack of industry knowledge. Go ask your 50 year old AA F/O who's been there 20 years and hasn't upgraded yet. Go complain to him about your lack of upward progress while you are 28 and CA of a 90 seater that stole his flying...

That's my point there slick... many of us "super stars" were out on furlough after being at our major for years and couldn't find work flying a blimp while you newbies were high fiving in the crew room at 24 congratulating yourselves on your quick upgrades in jets.

Many of you have never flown turbo props... I see you did. That puts you at the bottom of the upper half of qualifications... don't sell yourself short... you have a long way to go before you exceed my and my peers qualifications...

Tailhookah