Except this time it isn't "taking" anything from anybody. Potomac Air will be a completely stand alone self sufficient airline. The pilots will be 100% staffed with furloughed US Airways pilots. Furthermore, US Airways has agreed to automatically acknowledge that the Potomac pilots are represented by ALPA. They are not a non union carrier this time.
This is not an Alter-Ego airline or any other BS. The other wholly owned pilots have been screaming that the rj's should go to the wholly owned carriers. Potomac Air will be and has always been a wholly owned carrier. Problem solved. Nobody has to get upset over jets for jobs and the furloughed mainline pilot, the only pilot that should benefit from relaxing our scope, will have a job. Everybody is happy...Right? Sure.
This is not an Alter-Ego airline or any other BS. The other wholly owned pilots have been screaming that the rj's should go to the wholly owned carriers. Potomac Air will be and has always been a wholly owned carrier. Problem solved. Nobody has to get upset over jets for jobs and the furloughed mainline pilot, the only pilot that should benefit from relaxing our scope, will have a job. Everybody is happy...Right? Sure.
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