SMACK!
Well, in my mind... the difference is that Gojet folks went there, to START a job, knowing they were only there to undercut TSA - and went anyways. They had a choice.
We here at RAH were blindsided by this, with JOBS ALREADY IN HAND, and are completely appalled at the situation just as much as everyone else. No choice on our part really. What do you want us to do???... quit our job and say "This simply isnt right on our company's part. Now my family must starve."
Why do you people not understand we dont want to do this? We all understand we look bad for this, its not too hard to see why. But talk to any RAH pilot who isnt hiding behind a screen name, or any midwest pilot (as far as I know...) and we will say the same thing. "This is a bad deal for us all... and our pilot groups/unions stand together in the fight against this."
Well, let's see...
Aloha and ATA pilots were also blindsided by our airlines going under. Overnight... literally. We didn't want this, yet according to regional jet-flying profession defenders on this board, we'd all be lowlives/scabs if we went to GoJet, right? Nevermind that GoJet hiring these highly experienced pilots as street captains would significantly cushion the financial blow we all suffered overnight through no fault of our own. I can tell you that your average Aloha pilot was making over 100k in pay/retirement/bennies, and last thing any one of us would have wanted to do was to captain a regional jet out of ORD for the equivalent of our 2nd year FO wages. But hey... now, it's very slim pickins out there. Are they gonna be scab lowlives if they go to GoJet to try to cushion the impact? Mind you, these are former regional captains, Gulf War veteran fighter pilots, former Boeing captains...
But hey, I have an agenda here... I lost my job at Aloha, and although I've been fortunate to have found another job, many of my friends at Aloha are still drawing unemployment and I sympathize with them. Are they gonna be "scabs" if they take a job at GoJet as captains?
What about a furloughed Midwest pilot who goes to GoJet? Is he/she a scab/lowlife if they go to GoJet because you honored an unpopular decision made by your company and displaced them?
Now, because RAH made a decision that's not exactly popular as you say with the pilot group, what choice you have? Well, you fly your bids, right? It's not struck work. What about sacrificing some of your negotiating capital and get creative about getting furloughed MEH pilots to fly those planes? Everyone is screaming about righteousness and chest thumping unionism, and all I'm saying is 'put your money where your mouth is.' Are you gonna? Naw.... didn't think so.
Let me ask you this... what if Midwest pilots struck and RAH wanted you to fly those routes or face termination? Then what? Sure, I know the correct and the politically correct answer, but let's hope we never have to find out the no-sh*t, real life answer. Somehow I think that answer would be very disheartening and disappointing.
My point is that there are so many blind, shallow idiots on this board, and if these attitudes represent the future of this profession, maybe this profession is indeed doomed. Things aren't exactly black/white like many regional jet profession defenders on this board make them out to be.
