Stop blaming the Delta TA

[Twisted Mind]

Titans10,

You should consider yourself very lucky. Not every one is lucky enough to have entered the profession when you did. Wave took what guys like you left for him to take.

 

[waveflyer]

Well, true enough, but it was a conscious sell out. Simply got tired of fighting the water, and needed health insurance while we began the business - and it helped to stay current-
And my legacy was in real danger of liquidation- it wasn't as if I could absolutely bank on my seniority number being there if I went to "sell cars" as another suggested. And Im still living a childhood dream of flying airliners.
But I hated flying airplanes that big for a regional.
I absolutely disagreed.
And still do.
Think what you want about my selling out, but it is absolutely unrealistic to expect trained, invested, willful pilots to give up on their careers bc you decide to vote their job off the property.

 

[Twisted Mind]

Wave,

I agree with you. You did what you pretty much had to to say in the industry. What a lot of old legacy pilots don't understand is people can't just sit ion the sidelines and wait for things to get better.

 

[titans10]

Titans10,

You should consider yourself very lucky. Not every one is lucky enough to have entered the profession when you did. Wave took what guys like you left for him to take.

I am not luck I was furloughed 5 plus years. I was trying to find a job in the 90's when almost every commuter/regionals was hiring. Never considered PFT. I was not lucky as you said. I just stayed where I was. I did not sell out.

 

[titans10]

Wave,

I agree with you. You did what you pretty much had to to say in the industry. What a lot of old legacy pilots don't understand is people can't just sit ion the sidelines and wait for things to get better.

Disagree I and every other furlough guy I know did not do what wave did. Over 50 that I know of.

 

[titans10]

Well, true enough, but it was a conscious sell out. Simply got tired of fighting the water, and needed health insurance while we began the business - and it helped to stay current-
And my legacy was in real danger of liquidation- it wasn't as if I could absolutely bank on my seniority number being there if I went to "sell cars" as another suggested. And Im still living a childhood dream of flying airliners.
But I hated flying airplanes that big for a regional.
I absolutely disagreed.
And still do.
Think what you want about my selling out, but it is absolutely unrealistic to expect trained, invested, willful pilots to give up on their careers bc you decide to vote their job off the property.

Wave,

You had a choice like I and others had. I did a lot of other jobs as did others. Don 't make excuses.

 

[Twisted Mind]

titans,

That is it? One five year furlough. If that is your idea of bad luck. I would like some of your bad luck.

 

[waveflyer]

Wave,

You had a choice like I and others had. I did a lot of other jobs as did others. Don 't make excuses.

What excuse? I said it was a sellout. But with all the objectivity I can summon, it doesn't hold a candle to those who actually VOTE to outsource. And I don't understand the point titans. Are you really counting on the furloughed and up and coming who are fighting for a career to hold the line AFTER major airline pilots voted to outsource? Is that what you were expecting?

 

[SWA Bubba]

Wave,

You had a choice like I and others had. I did a lot of other jobs as did others. Don 't make excuses.

I'm a little confused here--maybe I don't understand exactly what you're accusing each other of, but what's the issue? I can see someone arguing that a legacy might be "selling out" by agreeing to outsourcing for something in return. I'm not giving anyone crap for this, but I can see the rationale behind the argument. They're "selling" some of their flying for raises or other benefit. Got it.

But how is the pilot who takes a regional job a sellout? It wasn't his idea; he didn't have any part in the creation of his position. He just took a job that was freely offered out. How does a legacy pilot "sell" or agree to outsource some of his flying in return for a raise upfront, and then have the nerve to bitch at the guy who took the job that his deal created? He didn't create this situation; you did. If you don't want a regional pilot flying "your" passengers, then don't give away or sell that flying. Don't blame him for buying what you freely sold.

I dunno; maybe I'm looking at this wrong.

Bubba

 

[Twisted Mind]

Bubba,

Exactly! Then they make it a requirement to work at said sold out position to get to the "good job".