Freight Dog
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No I'll tell you what's wrong; whilst some Regionals, through no fault of their own, end up getting caught in the whole whipsaw game, there are others that are not only more inclined to do it but are expressly set up in order to undercut others. Gojets being one of them.
The comical thing about this thread is that the only people who try to justify applying to Gojets are those
who either aren't affected by their operation or those considering going there and are trying to make themselves feel better.
It's a bit like trying to justify working for Mesa or PFT. In the end it comes down to this; Karma's a b!tch and ultimately ends up biting you in the arse.
Kenny, you are absolutely right in your assessment that many regionals get caught in the whipsaw game. That's the name of the game if you choose to fly under the code of certain carriers.
You still didn't even address the difference between Mesaba/Comair situation and GoJet.
The legal decision with respect to single carrier status has been handed down years ago. Before this decision in 2005, I saw that very much as a threat to my job because of scope implications, and I was flying a Boeing thousands of miles away. As a result of creation of Freedom and GoJet, we made changes to our scope to specifically preclude this from happening to us at any level - holding company, airline, virtual airline, alter ego, interest, you name it... we listed it as specifically prohibited.
Now, I'm not at GoJet, and I wouldn't look at any GoJet pilot funny unless they were hired in 2005. There is a distinct difference between those hired pre-ruling and those ATA pilots hired post-shutdown. But then again, I choose to look at this situation objectively and not emotionally.
Once again, why is it that Comair is furloughing pilots and Mesaba is hiring? Why is ASA close to furloughing and Mesaba hiring like gangbusters? Why is Pinnacle about to hire while Comair is furloughing? All of them fly under the Delta brand. Do you not see what kind of Mongolian clusterf**k this is? Yet, GoJet is the source of all evil.
This industry, and ESPECIALLY the regional airline side is all kinds of f**ked up. For pilots to fight one another while the big fat cats are laughing all the way to the bank just plays into their hands. Yet so many regional pilots are simply myopic to the big picture and choose to focus their anger towards one particular airline, yet most are guilty of the same behavior.