Mr. Sanchez:
I could apply you "definition" to every regional pilot hired or upgraded since the majors started furloughing their pilots post 9/11.
Before you go off the deep end defending anyone.....I don't consider them scabs. However the hundreds of 500 hour guys getting jobs at regional carriers couldn't get a job at a commuter flying a 1900 or a Shorts 360 even 10 years ago. They got a job they couldn't get under normal circumstances, and they took advantage of labor disputes (pilots fighting for their lives in the Chapter 11 process) as they were trying to maintain decent wages and living conditions. Did they help destroy his and your profession? You be the judge. Further, they did it under the watchful eye of ALPA.
He doesn't think long term either.....let us not forget that if the minions of regional pilots had refused the jets and larger equipment they might have a job with a mainline carrier on the mainline list and the opportunity to fly larger equipment.....now they get the chance to work for lower wages and working conditions for ever, as the mainline carriers will never be the same. To top it off, we now have regional pilots fighting with regional pilots. It just keeps getting better.
I don't consider regional pilots scabs.....because a scab crosses a picket line. I like how you conveniently left that part in the small print.
A350
I could apply you "definition" to every regional pilot hired or upgraded since the majors started furloughing their pilots post 9/11.
Before you go off the deep end defending anyone.....I don't consider them scabs. However the hundreds of 500 hour guys getting jobs at regional carriers couldn't get a job at a commuter flying a 1900 or a Shorts 360 even 10 years ago. They got a job they couldn't get under normal circumstances, and they took advantage of labor disputes (pilots fighting for their lives in the Chapter 11 process) as they were trying to maintain decent wages and living conditions. Did they help destroy his and your profession? You be the judge. Further, they did it under the watchful eye of ALPA.
He doesn't think long term either.....let us not forget that if the minions of regional pilots had refused the jets and larger equipment they might have a job with a mainline carrier on the mainline list and the opportunity to fly larger equipment.....now they get the chance to work for lower wages and working conditions for ever, as the mainline carriers will never be the same. To top it off, we now have regional pilots fighting with regional pilots. It just keeps getting better.
I don't consider regional pilots scabs.....because a scab crosses a picket line. I like how you conveniently left that part in the small print.
A350