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English said:TC, I'm usually on board with what you write, but, as the someone who was very close to a member of the Eagle MEC during that time, I think you have some of your facts skewed. Specifically the part about the Eagle MEC not returning phone calls.
Anyway, no matter which side of the fence one chooses (APA v AE ALPA), I think the original poster should jump ship. I've never met a single pilot who voluntarily left Eagle and wasn't in a better place.
Captain Overs said:He does know something we don't. A different spelling for bankruptcy.
BeCareful! said:Long thread, with a lot of misinformation.
I found the flowback info pretty pathetic. Anyone who thinks Eagle MEC didn't know EXACTLY what they were getting involved in with the Flow Through is sadly wrong. The East Texas rocket scientists on the MEC....Homer, Pete.....y'all know 'em.......they were WARNED about the risks involved. I know. I was at the MEC meeting in Euless (useless), TX.......trust me, everyone knew the risks.
Now, you have kids in the right seat of the RJ wiping their noses and crying because they got their multi rating four years ago and, gosh darn it, they aren't captains yet. So they call the AA furloughs scaabs. Awe, isn't it just tragic?
Boys and Girls, there were six year FO's at Eagle in 1997, and there are some today. Get over it, and get on with your careers. If you're waiting for AMR to make all your aviation dreams come true, then apply to mainline AA when and if they are accepting applications.
To the original topic: I'd bolt Eagle. It's the right thing to do for the guy in MKE, and it's the right thing to do for our industry. We must stop condoning the piss poor working conditions and pay at the largest of the small jet operators. I say if you have an opportunity to better yourself, learn a new aircraft, and not commute, then DO IT. The baby on the way is certainly a concern, but he needs to trust that God won't leave him high and dry just for changing jobs. These things have a way of working out, and I think God doesn't like the Eagle contract or its management.
I'm not kidding.
He doesn't.