How WE Can Make The "Regional's" Better

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DirkkDiggler;
You must be one of those PFT pilots with lots of hours and are content with whatever is given to them...
Get a life

 

[DirkkDiggler]

GROW UP!

 

[GogglesPisano]

My 2 cents:

ALPA needs to act like a national union, not a "lose affiliation of locals." Set a bar and stick to it. Do not allow any regional MEC negotiating committee to agree to any lowering of the bar.

The problem at the regionals is the fact that some people work for "career" regionals with decent pay and benefits (ACA, Comair, ASA, Skywest ...) but are competing in the same market with "stepping stone" regionals (I would list them here but we all know who they are.)

In a sense, the guy with a house and a family has to compete with some 22-year-old who doesn't care about anything but getting his 1,000 hours of PIC. (Breaking news: Just because you obtain 1,000 hours does not mean SWA or JB will be knocking on your door -- THE ODDS ARE OVERWHELMINGLY AGAINST YOU.)

And that is where we stand.

 

[porra]

GogglesPisano;
That would be the perfect plan, and that would make life so much easier for all of us. Unfortunately we will never be that way.