Airways bankruptcy vigil

[psyops]

man-down,

One of my best friends is a WO pilot, who never applied to Airways. I would gladly put my wife, kids, and parents on his airplane. Anytime. In any weather. He is an excellent pilot.

What bothers me, is that the Airways MEC considers his skill level to be suspect... their concern about letting WO pilots unconditionally onto their seniority list was that: "We're worried that we would have to lower the bar..." (read: lower our standards to let you become an Airways pilot).

You tell me who is the idiot?...

The WO pilot with the allegedly suspect skills?

Or the Airways pilot who puts himself, his wife, and his kids on a WO aircraft?

 

[man-down]

psyops,

I do not disspute the skills of your frined. I also came from a regional like your buddy, I know what it takes to make it there. It is certainly much more of a challenge than main-line jobs. I also do not doubt that some US Air people have made the comment about regional pilots not being as good as main line pilots. That is not confined only to US Air though. I have heard other pilots from the big five say the same about their reginal partners whooly owned or not.

Whoever makes that assumption (more than likely not someone who came from a regional ariline) is more than arrogant, but to keep it simple they are just wrong.

Now to divert from your tangent and get back to the original subject of this post...

If US Air gave Wolf 700 rj authority today it would not solve their problems. It would be a start... Wolf says publically the rj is going to solve the company's problems. I guarntee you that whatever deal is struck, and it will stall again before it is completed, a new song and dance will be spouted by management. Then they will be asking for pay cuts and other contract consessions. If rj's were the issue, why isn't SWA hurting? Much more than rj's are needed at US Air.

On top of all that, how could you wish such bad fortune on so many people? Even if what you think about the US Air MEC is true, that is NOT the view of the 5000 pilots left on property. Even if bankruptcy is filed it would be years; at least before US Air was gone. Unless someone bought them, in pieces or as one package. Either way, unless you are working at the airline you plan to retire from, a buyout / merger or simply closing the doors and sending around 4500 marketable pilots to the street will slow down your career advancement.

man-down