crjdxr
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Tune into the net conference today, apparently there will be some big news... Not sure if it's good or bad.
What net conference? And by whom?
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Tune into the net conference today, apparently there will be some big news... Not sure if it's good or bad.
So you have more job security at Air Tran than I have at ASA?
You seem to be more worried about getting furloughed than I am....
Using your logic, in addition to Air Tran, there is more job security at United, Spirit, Frontier, ASTAR, and USAirways than at ASA/Skywest.....Is that correct?
Yes.
PCL_128 said:I'm not really that worried, personally. There's a small chance that the furloughs could get to me, but it's unlikely. At my seniority, we'd have to cut a lot of flying for furloughs to reach me.
PCL_128 said:No, you've picked the carriers with the worst job security, Joe. Why didn't you mention the other majors? Delta, NWA, JetBlue, SWA, etc...? They all have much better job security than any regional could ever hope for. It's simple: you have zero job security when your company isn't really an airline, but only a contractor. You don't work for an airline. You work for a company that is owned by a holding company that contracts with an airline that is owned by yet another holding company. In other words, you're really only a subcontractor. Your "security" can be RFPed into oblivion at the drop of a hat.
Your absolutely correct that our flying can "be RFPed into oblivion"...That is because of ALPA's failure....We have no scope....Therefor we need to remain competitive so as to avoid that situation...
Translation: Joe Merchant will do his part to maintain lowering the wage scale against you in order to ensure his own safety and security in the little piece of ATR heaven he's sliced out for himself.
Translation: Joe Merchant will do his part to maintain lowering the wage scale against you in order to ensure his own safety and security in the little piece of ATR heaven he's sliced out for himself.
Your costs now dictate whether or not you have a job. The only reason there is an entity known as DCI is because RJs and ATRs can do flying for Delta cheaper than Delta can do flying for Delta. Or Airtran, for that matter... Think about that...
How small-minded of you. Had the old-timers not sold out their scope and had the new guys, like Merchant, not been so willing to swallow a load of sh*t wages, we all would be flying for mainline.
So there you have it. It's a race to the bottom, and you all are contestants.
Your logic is flawed.
The door to the airline pilot profession starts at roughly $22 per hour these days. If I, or Joe, or even yourself, don't take the job, someone else will. Simple fact.
You do understand that, right?