BendOverAgain?
No Staple, Equal Merger
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- Sep 9, 2003
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SlapShot said:So with this scenario, a pilot on the SA seniority list could jump ahead of me on the CHQ list.
I realize they got screwed before and the CHQ union dropped the ball by not protecting them. However why should that allow them to now jump me 3 years later?
So, you don't think it's fair for a pilot that has been with Shuttle greater than your 3 ½ year to move ahead of you! What makes you more special than them?
1. Shuttle America pilots have been flying Saab's and covering the Chq leases on them so that they would look better in the IPO being a "All Jet Airline".
2. Shuttle has been under Republic unoffically from the begining with Chq/Republic doing the lines each month (and a Sh*tty job I must say - no productivity or QOL built in). Not to mention payroll, website etc, etc...
3. We're all owned by Wexford, and the so called buyout by Republic now is nothing more than a legal paper shuffle as we've always been controlled by Republic, Even our CEO is Republic! Single Carrier Status anyone?
4. Why Chq is concerned about Shuttle from the beginning I'll never figure out. When we had a jet offer on the table, Chq pilots were stating (on this site) to vote it down and we're brothers and we must stick together. Then after the "NO" vote, Shuttle pilots received a 10% pay cut for a year, Chq recieved a pay raise and voted in the jet - leaving Shuttle pilots removed from even future preferential hiring or interviews should the need arise. Then all we heard was that we aren't brothers since our title doesn't state that we are part of Republic holdings. Well we were unofficially and soon to be finally official since we have the only certificate without a scope clause under Wexfords belt.
Let's not stray as management hopes we will. As long as there is a division amongst the pilot group management will always have an ace to play.
Finally treat each other as equals and not as subordinates. A fair merger for all can only be had by a DOH or % ratio. With the three (and in the near future 4) types of aircraft, the 88 pilots merging in the different a/c types will be too little to be a factor.
Strenght by unity.