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It happened on the US Air property, where mainline guys took the flying and is now happening to Mesaba where Northwest guys are taking the flying. Your situation is different inasmuch as Continental has been a success story since Bethune's involvement.SkyBoy1981 said:Even with all of the undercutting that has gone on amongst regional airlines in the past, how many times have 700 pilots been left without jobs because 25% of their airplanes were transferred over to be flown by a different regional airline that will do it for less money? To the best of my knowledge, it hasn't happened before. I'm getting tired of hearing about how it has been happening everywhere else and now it is XJT's turn. No, this HASN'T been going on everywhere else.
All of this alter ego pilot replacement the direct result of ALPA's failed scope policy. We (the ASA pilot leadership) warned the COEX pilot leadership of exactly this scenario before your pilots were lead into the ALPA certification vote.
I do not know how close you were to one list, or one scope, with your Continental pilot brothers, but your pilot leadership was warned to get a deal in writing before voting ALPA on the property.
Of course at the time ALPA told you all the things you wanted to hear about their commitment to brand scope and one list. Since then you have heard a zillion reasons why these things just did not work out. But notice that this is a pattern and the pattern is the result of ALPA national's bargaining agenda where most pilots are sacrificed to try to preserve the absolute scope power and negotiating authority of the few major airline pilots that have control of ALPA National.
This is exactly the reason why you and I need the same representational power ALPA gives to its preferred pilots - to stop the process of having our jobs put out to bid. Supposably ALPA is a grass rotts organization, run by its members. If that is the case, it is our fault. We send ALPA lakeys forward to represent us who are willing to battle management, but unwilling to even rock the boat at ALPA National out of fear that someone in Herndon wont like them anymore and they will not be warmly recieved at the hospitality suites.