Your pay scale was better than ALL regionals out there. How can you blame any regional for that? I only blame Republic for that because Republic is the only one flying our routes for half the pay. I guess I should have made a point and called the company and said you know, the Midwest guys want their money more than my family needs mine, right? Sounds silly, doesn't it? I can't even count the number of times I've heard Republic pilots justify their culpability in lowering the bar for the aviation industry. You can't even see that you're selling out your future self. You people are so short-sighted that all you care about is putting food on your table today - when are you going to start worrying about what you're doing to this "profession" and understand that your actions today will prevent us from ever getting the industry back to a livable condition?! When we negotiate this next contract, then you can start pointing fingers if we accept a substandard contract. There were still YX pilots flying the line when there were Republic pilots on furlough. YOU are the blame for that. Doesn't sound cool when the tables are turned, does it? You were screwing your brothers and sisters. I agree sibling screwing is unacceptable so don't do it again. No I do not need to be reminded about our pay scale. But you know what? There are some things you need to be reminded of. How in the eff can the tables be turned?! Were Midwest pilots flying jets with Republic painted on the sides for approximately half of the hourly rate the Republic pilots were getting paid (on the routes that were formerly mainline routes)? Of course not!
