Incredibly long upgrade time. Currently about 4 years."
Current upgrade times do not guarantee future upgrade performance. According to APC Southwest is currently at a 10 year upgrade however their projection for a new hire to upgrade is over 20 years. This is because of minimal fleet growth (if they have any right now) and a relatively young pilot group.4 years is incredibly long?
Probably because of the TA they reached before.Why was it taken down before?
The way I understand it the company asked the local to take it down as a sign of good faith when negotiations picked up before our TA attempt last year. I guess since the company is beginning to screw us around again, that sign of good faith was pointless, thus up it goes again.Why was it taken down before?
Airing dirty laundry is fine if done properly. Sadly the IBT seems like they want to brute force things rather than being a bit more methodical.And Jesus said unto them,"He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone."
I'me not a fan of airing dirty laundry in public. While I've no doubt that the pilot group has been genuinely aggrieved in some matters. I am equally certain that they do not possess clean hands with regard to their own actions. This web page is a perfect example. There is some intellectual dishonestly in just about every bullet point.
The way I understand it the company asked the local to take it down as a sign of good faith when negotiations picked up before our TA attempt last year. I guess since the company is beginning to screw us around again, that sign of good faith was pointless, thus up it goes again.
Not that it matters to me, but why did the Republic pilots go with the Teamsters instead of ALPA?