Fewer jets for USAirways???

[boeingdriver213]

I think the majority of mainline guys have nothing against the w/o's. Remember that the junior guy on the property has been there almost 15 years and is sitting bottom reserve in the right seat in LGA or PHL, and many of them were captains. What they remember of regional flying is nothing like it is now. The last thing they want to see happen is more erosion in their careers. Ever since Wolf came on the property, and now with Siegle, the company has been ramming concession after concession down our throats. The majority of us knew we had the highest costs in the industry, an inefficient route structure, no cost effective way to compete with anybody, and a long history of poor management that did not know how to market itself or compete with anyone. The pilots thought they had to lead the way out of the valley of darkness. Turns out our management used our career expectations to suck us dry in the name of saving the airline. We lost big, they got big money, and U is smaller than ever. Mainline guys are afraid they will end up flying CRJs and Embreaers for a fraction of what they have been making for years. Not easy to swallow when you and your family have been used to a more reasonable paycheck than most of us are now earning. Should we all give in and accept the companies rhetoric? I'm furloughed, haven't touched a wheel since April, though I have been actively searching since last October. I think enough is enough. Time for management to start running an airline and stop pitting the W/Os against mainline pilot and vice versa. The WOs and mainline are busting our collective asses to make this airline work, and it's time we got something besides crap for it. Stick together guys, or we all lose.

 

[AJWick]

I am a mainline furloughee and I dont oppose the wholly owned.

I was at a wholly owned regional....American Eagle. And there are plenty of us that have been there and done that. We know what its like to be there.

But I am sure there are a few guys stilll flying mainline, be it AA/DL/US or UA, have no clue on reality and whats going on below them ie. the furloughed guys and gals and the regional/express carriers. And some of these guys are running our MEC. ITs really a shame.

So remember, when it comes to bashing....please dont attack the entire pilot group....attack mgmt and attack the handleful of guys that are probably clueless who are controlling our destiny.

aj

holy cow boo....those are hypnotic!!!!

 

[blzr]

Hey Boeingdriver213..

I loved how you put that.. "their families are used to a more reasonable paycheck".. Well nuts. My family has had to live with this substandard 8 leg a day work for a while now. Maybe it will be good to get some of the furloughees to work here for a couple of years and then go back to mainline and TRY to rectify the problem.

Seems to me that every mainliner ( usair) that I talk to thinks that if we at the W/O's get jets, they will be out on the street. Not just a few, but a majority, even a few friends of mine out on the street now still feel like it is good buisness to have limited, I mean, Very Limited R/j's. If Airways had 200 CRJ/ERJ's out there bringing in the feed from cities farther away than CAE, FLO, GSP, ets, Then the 757 would be able to focus on longer haul routs, 737's too. And you would have the feed that you are sooooo willing to give to ACA, ASA, CMR, Eagle, and many others.

Scope will kill Airways because right now we are not growing and developing new markets. When this economy turns, we will be competing with other carriers that are well established.. and like always, will lose.