Regional Pilots, just plain stupid, or?

[Dieterly]

I find it "funny" how all you ASA, ACA, Comair, COEX baby jet pilots can rip MESA for their new contract. You have been stealing flying from your mainline partners for years, while working with sub-standard contracts, at least compared to mainline.

What's the friggin difference what Mesa is doing now, that you have been doin for years?

 

[PilotRon]

BAIT BAIT BAIT...


Your right... the mainlines are doing soooo well right now... We should all jump on the ALPA bandwagon. ALPA has grown to big for their own britches. How can they represent the Majors and the Regionals fairly? It can't be done!

 

[mckpickle]

I find it "funny" how all you ASA, ACA, Comair, COEX baby jet pilots can rip MESA for their new contract. You have been stealing flying from your mainline partners for years, while working with sub-standard contracts, at least compared to mainline.

What's the friggin difference what Mesa is doing now, that you have been doin for years?

Do you really want to go there?

 

[Theflyingtito]

Supply and Demand as per available seats for the demand placed on the market. Simple economics. It has nothing to do with pilots of regionals having lower pay scales than their major partners. That's how it's always been. So to maintain a level of profitablity, WITHOUT undercutting the rest of the industry, regionals will gain more flying as the passenger load decreases with a poorer economic market demand.
No one wants to see people out of a job. But in order to do that we need to keep all companies operating instead of going chapter 7.

 

[Jeepman]

You were furloughed from Divided...er, I mean United Airlines right?

And we (regional pilots) took your flying away. It was OUR airlines decision to take that flying and not YOUR airline to give it to us. Gee, I have been so narrow minded all this time

 

[FishandFly]

Supply and Demand as per available seats for the demand placed on the market. Simple economics. It has nothing to do with pilots of regionals having lower pay scales than their major partners. That's how it's always been. So to maintain a level of profitablity, WITHOUT undercutting the rest of the industry, regionals will gain more flying as the passenger load decreases with a poorer economic market demand.
No one wants to see people out of a job. But in order to do that we need to keep all companies operating instead of going chapter 7.

Man, I've got to tell ya.. I've got a little bit of experience in economics and I'm clueless about half of what you said.

Please expound.

 

[mullet]

You have been stealing flying from your mainline partners for years, while working with sub-standard contracts, at least compared to mainline.

Apples and Oranges???????
Get a brain or sober up stupid!!!!!!!!!

 

[sleepy]

Well, at least we at ASA will probably still have jobs in a few years, that is more than can be said for some of the major airlines.

They started the race to the bottom at AAA and U, and will continue it at AA and DAL. When the dust settles from this thing, we will all end up ten years behind where we are today. On a per seat basis, the pay will not be any different between a major and a regional. Work rules, the same. Scope, gone. retirment, history. The only difference will be the size of the equipment.

 

[mullet]

Dieterly,
I noticed you are a civilian aviator, I would love to hear how you made it through the ranks' by avoiding the regionals? Maybe your signiature answers that question?????????

"............affirmative action........"

 

[GuppyPuppy]

On a per seat basis, the pay will not be any different between a major and a regional.

And just how different are they now?

If an RJ Captain makes $80,000/year flying a 50 seat aircraft, then are you saying that a Captain flying a 350 passenger airplane should make $560,000/yr?

Or are you saying that a Captain of a 50 seat aircraft should make $66,000/yr when compared to a Captain of a 150 seat aircraft who makes $200k/yr......or $50k/yr when compared to a 747 Captain making $350k/yr?

In each of the above examples, the "per seat" basis of pay is exactly the same ($1,600/yr/seat).

I wish I had a crystal ball!!!

Cheers!

GP