motormadness24
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They are are actively bidding on flying. The people that made the choice to not bid on flying are no longer with the company.
I guess you didn't see the sarcasm dripping off my post...
They are are actively bidding on flying. The people that made the choice to not bid on flying are no longer with the company.
Where's Charlie? I wonder if he's picked his mic back up yet.
Depends on how you look at it. They drew a line and said " Id rather this place shut down than to work for this contract". And the company said, 'ok, we'll shut it down'. There really is no such thing as leverage in the Regional airlines.
So are you saying they should have taken concessions to fly bigger airplanes? They did all of us regional guys a favor by doing so. However, we all have to say no. PSA did not. I think it's the company that spit in the pilot's face. Twice!
Speak for yourself. I voted the way I did assuming this was going to happen. Do I like it? Hell no. But if need be, I'll turn out the lights with my head held high and having no regrets. I'm proud to have Envoy listed on my résumé, and when I look into the eyes of another pilot, they'll know I did my part to try and improve our profession.Not exactly. Although they will deny it now, they all voted NO thinking the company was bluffing. The general consensus was that nobody else could replace us because of some fairy tale shortage. Even though there was evidence to the contrary such as full classes at Mesa and PSA. Of course our MEC weaseled their way out of that by convincing everyone those airlines were down to phone interviews and scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Nobody believed a NO vote would result in what is happening now. Many are simply shifting gears to cover their tracks and hoping nobody notices.
There really is no such thing as leverage in the Regional airlines.
If it affected you like it does regional pilots I doubt you would have such a harsh stance.Don't pay attention to anyone who says nonsense like PSA pilots "spit" in anyone's face. Someone so childish shouldn't be flying airplanes.
If it affected you like it does regional pilots I doubt you would have such a harsh stance.
Regional pilots get treated and paid like scum and we are worth a lot more than what we get. Last year a large number of us decided to vote down concessionary contracts in an attempt to make a stand that enough was enough, this was about as firm of a stand as the industry can do because of restrictive labor laws that would make a regional wide strike practically impossible. The result was pilots maintaining their worth in an effort to deny managements continued pressure to cut the already abhorrent payscale any further. PSA took a contract many found to be insulting, and many other regional pilots found their actions to be a lack of solidarity and shameful. Piedmont did the same and are viewed very similarly.
PSA and Piedmonts actions hurt the rest of the industry as the whipsaw continues, now a worse payscale than before is to be considered the new normal. That's disgusting.
That and I'm pretty sure he was at least a little involved with the PSA pilot group when they did their thing.
Unless you're planning on staying at the regionals for the balance of your career, there is nothing insulting or disgusting about the PSA or Piedmont deals.