Ty Webb
Hostage to Fortune
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- Dec 10, 2001
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I am surprised that pilots who should know better, point their finger at a taxiing LCC airplane, and proclaim, "Those guys are the reason that we had to take concessions (or are losing our pensions, or have pilots furloughed, or whatever).
Afterall, we pilots did not make the decision to squander billions of dollars chasing the bottom customer (Delta). We did not suggest they waste over $100 million chasing a failed merger (UAL and USAir), then stuff $35 million into Steven Wolff's pockets, instead of suing him for a collossal blunder) (USair).
We did not fiddle while Rome burned, and burned, and burned, then pay McKinsey Consulting millions of dollars to com up with "TED". (UAL). We did not reward poor management by paying millions of dollars to individuals who couldn't run a Starbucks (Delta, UAL, USAirways). We did not put all of our growth into unprofitable RJ's that are more uncomfortable than the LCC's SNB aircraft (DAL, USAirways, CAL, NWA, oh, hell, all of 'em).
I'm forgetting now, what was our crime, again? Oh, yeah, we took a flying job at a new carrier who was hiring, offered us a job at a liveable wage, with the prospect of improving things over time through collective bargaining.
Now, I know. We should just sit on the sidelines, wait another three or four years until furloughees have been called back (maybe) and then rely on your loyalty to your fellow pilots to make sure that those of us who refused to fly for less than your Legacy pay are hired first, and will make up the $100K a year that we lost while we waited for 6 or 7 years. What's that, you say? We have to wait until all those guys who are flying the RJ's for you get hired first?
Hmmmmmmmm . . . . where do I sign up, again?
Afterall, we pilots did not make the decision to squander billions of dollars chasing the bottom customer (Delta). We did not suggest they waste over $100 million chasing a failed merger (UAL and USAir), then stuff $35 million into Steven Wolff's pockets, instead of suing him for a collossal blunder) (USair).
We did not fiddle while Rome burned, and burned, and burned, then pay McKinsey Consulting millions of dollars to com up with "TED". (UAL). We did not reward poor management by paying millions of dollars to individuals who couldn't run a Starbucks (Delta, UAL, USAirways). We did not put all of our growth into unprofitable RJ's that are more uncomfortable than the LCC's SNB aircraft (DAL, USAirways, CAL, NWA, oh, hell, all of 'em).
I'm forgetting now, what was our crime, again? Oh, yeah, we took a flying job at a new carrier who was hiring, offered us a job at a liveable wage, with the prospect of improving things over time through collective bargaining.
Now, I know. We should just sit on the sidelines, wait another three or four years until furloughees have been called back (maybe) and then rely on your loyalty to your fellow pilots to make sure that those of us who refused to fly for less than your Legacy pay are hired first, and will make up the $100K a year that we lost while we waited for 6 or 7 years. What's that, you say? We have to wait until all those guys who are flying the RJ's for you get hired first?
Hmmmmmmmm . . . . where do I sign up, again?
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Many Legacy guys have learned this, but what goes around comes around and nobody is immune.
