I hear a lot of pluses to a national list in other industries. I know you guys think with all the training that it is not possible. All that would be required is when you bid for a slot at another company that you stay there for a year, so they recouped their training costs.
Think of this. One rate for every airplane out there. One contract. One list. Or something even less complicated like being able to bid for company vacanies nationalwide.
What if you want to be closer to home or further from home What if you want to be closer to the kids than the exwife. Or your parent is ill this year, so you can bid for a company that has a base closer to where they live.
No more starting over at 50, and having to make regional pay. A company starts up they have to pay the same as everyone else. No more short term sacrifices for long term loses instead of gains.
Do you really think you are untouchable? This latest hiring was the shortest for the legacies I have seen. Will management ever return airlines to normal profit margins?
Are you tired of the uncertainty 5 years from now? What about 10 or 15 years from now? Do you really think your company will look the same?
Here comes open sky. Will it be freely open or fairly open? Do you think it will be to our advantage or disadvantage like other free trade agreements with other countries. Will those governments subsidize their airlines and try to kill American Airline companies?
The only problem is Military guys with 20 years will be off to a late start unless we count their time in the military towards seniority.
As things seem to be spiraling down... how far should we let them use our egos against us? The "I can get ahead of you mentality."
I bet the young guys don't like this. They are so young. What will the company you get on with under the age of 30 look like when you are 50? For the 50 year olds. How are your friends fairing compared to you? Who will be the 10% of us that have 30 years on the same list?
Or should that be 100% of us?
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P.S. Have you ever noticed how the books of one company can be much better than some others. With the transfer of knowledge between companies safety concerns or ideas would be well known. There would be a push for cost reductions due to Pilot movement.
There would be a push to streamline airplane and company manuals. How many different things are there really to flying an airplane type? Training events, and profiles would be similar in the long run. SOPs would be nationwide, and safety concerns would not just apply to the company that had to solve a problem because of an incident.
Ie. The low speed limits and altitude limits of the CRJ were well known at Comair, but not at Pinnacle. And now due to an accident we all know about corelock. It takes an accident for the knowledge rights/secrets of other company manuals to be known.
Think of this. One rate for every airplane out there. One contract. One list. Or something even less complicated like being able to bid for company vacanies nationalwide.
What if you want to be closer to home or further from home What if you want to be closer to the kids than the exwife. Or your parent is ill this year, so you can bid for a company that has a base closer to where they live.
No more starting over at 50, and having to make regional pay. A company starts up they have to pay the same as everyone else. No more short term sacrifices for long term loses instead of gains.
Do you really think you are untouchable? This latest hiring was the shortest for the legacies I have seen. Will management ever return airlines to normal profit margins?
Are you tired of the uncertainty 5 years from now? What about 10 or 15 years from now? Do you really think your company will look the same?
Here comes open sky. Will it be freely open or fairly open? Do you think it will be to our advantage or disadvantage like other free trade agreements with other countries. Will those governments subsidize their airlines and try to kill American Airline companies?
The only problem is Military guys with 20 years will be off to a late start unless we count their time in the military towards seniority.
As things seem to be spiraling down... how far should we let them use our egos against us? The "I can get ahead of you mentality."
I bet the young guys don't like this. They are so young. What will the company you get on with under the age of 30 look like when you are 50? For the 50 year olds. How are your friends fairing compared to you? Who will be the 10% of us that have 30 years on the same list?
Or should that be 100% of us?
_________________________________
P.S. Have you ever noticed how the books of one company can be much better than some others. With the transfer of knowledge between companies safety concerns or ideas would be well known. There would be a push for cost reductions due to Pilot movement.
There would be a push to streamline airplane and company manuals. How many different things are there really to flying an airplane type? Training events, and profiles would be similar in the long run. SOPs would be nationwide, and safety concerns would not just apply to the company that had to solve a problem because of an incident.
Ie. The low speed limits and altitude limits of the CRJ were well known at Comair, but not at Pinnacle. And now due to an accident we all know about corelock. It takes an accident for the knowledge rights/secrets of other company manuals to be known.
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