I agree. I've been telling people that for months. The only possible way they'll still be around is if they stop flying for AA and get some larger airplanes but even then, I'm not sure anybody is in a position to pick up any more regional flying at all. AA's scope thing and the GoJet stuff has completely destroyed TSA's future. Funny, most of my captains thought I was retarded when I would tell them this.
United is increasing there Express flying (see link). Maybe if TSA gets rid of AA Flying or gets out of that 50 seat bull****, United will give them more flying on bigger planes.
Honestly, I can bet that the flying would just go to GoJet. Why? I don't know the exact details, but for TSA to set up shop for the CRJ, I can only imagine it'd involve a lot of work on their part (e.g., new ground school instructors, updating manuals, FAA involvement in all that, etc).
I hate to say this, but ALPA and the TSA pilot group are both lazy. If they truly cared as much as they make it seem they do, something would have been done long before it got so far out of hand. I've heard more whining and trash talking about GoJet than I've seen actual constructive progress.
Hey, I voted for Ron Paul, the only candidate who actually has any idea what's going on with the economy. The only one who has actually read the constitution for that matter. Interesting how much people make fun of him yet most everything he's warned us about is coming true. Bernanke and the unconstitutional Federal Reserve/Dollar have put us in one really terrible position. But that's an entirely different thread.
The problem is most people just vote for the candidate the media tells them to vote for and have no idea what the real issues are with the country. I mean, obviously debating the fact that Obama likes Fruity Pebbles rather than Cocoa Puffs is more important than talking about what matters, because what matters = boring. Drama = fun.
There's nothing to be done. If AA drops their restriction, Gojet and TSA will be merged. I doubt anybody will want to go through that nightmare but it has to be done. GJ is only there to fly 50+ seats, when TSA is able to do that as well why have two certificates? Plus we're talking about small companies here, not AA and United.
I know there's been some talk among management of attempting to merge but I don't know if there's been any kind of official meetings or anything. I imagine if there was an attempted merger, the TSA pilots would all say "this is just a ploy to make it seem like we're in worse trouble than we are and to make us give into a crappy contract, we're not budging!" and it'll never happen. That's what soooo many people there told me about my furlough. I told them they were dead wrong. I win, but at the same time, I lose. Suck.
More news from Mr. Kanodia's Wonder Imporium:
Dulles opening as a crew base October 1. So much for Richmond...
