I love the monday morning QB's all bitchin about hows OTHER pilots are bringing down the industry......
When are you guys going to get it? Management has found a plan that works. They offer lower wages/benefits for flying/upgrades. The lemmings that are in charge of the regional carriers go for it every time and those that stand up to management are handed their arses in the form of flying reductions, furloughs, and 7 year upgrades. And if there is a major scope clause in their way, they just go get another certificate.
Fortunately for the MESA group, their MEC got their arse handed to them the last contract negotiation and they took a contract that basically made them cheaper than most for the next several years. Therefore, they will get flying tossed their way until someone else can do it cheaper. They are looking at 2-3 year upgrades and a year of that is waiting to get 2000 hours.
Now we have regional pilots whining about how the mainline pilots are rolling over to save their own arse. Pot, meet kettle. The regional pilots took flying for lower wages and benefits to go from props to jets. Maybe an oversimplification of the truth, but from my perspective, if the regionals still all had turboprops and the mainlines had all the jets, the managements of the airlines would still be trying to find a way to make their crowbar work instead of giving themselves bonuses for screwing the people that make their living possible.
Until DW is removed from office and the pilots of this country get the RLA repealed and walk to protest as a WHOLE, we will still be talking about this in 10 years. There is no end to it as the situation stands today. Get used to it.
A350
When are you guys going to get it? Management has found a plan that works. They offer lower wages/benefits for flying/upgrades. The lemmings that are in charge of the regional carriers go for it every time and those that stand up to management are handed their arses in the form of flying reductions, furloughs, and 7 year upgrades. And if there is a major scope clause in their way, they just go get another certificate.
Fortunately for the MESA group, their MEC got their arse handed to them the last contract negotiation and they took a contract that basically made them cheaper than most for the next several years. Therefore, they will get flying tossed their way until someone else can do it cheaper. They are looking at 2-3 year upgrades and a year of that is waiting to get 2000 hours.
Now we have regional pilots whining about how the mainline pilots are rolling over to save their own arse. Pot, meet kettle. The regional pilots took flying for lower wages and benefits to go from props to jets. Maybe an oversimplification of the truth, but from my perspective, if the regionals still all had turboprops and the mainlines had all the jets, the managements of the airlines would still be trying to find a way to make their crowbar work instead of giving themselves bonuses for screwing the people that make their living possible.
Until DW is removed from office and the pilots of this country get the RLA repealed and walk to protest as a WHOLE, we will still be talking about this in 10 years. There is no end to it as the situation stands today. Get used to it.
A350