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kellwolf · April 12th, 2005, 05:43

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Point blank regional flying should be in my opinion done by mainline pilots there shouldn't be a A salary scale and a B scale.

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I'd like to see starting salaries based solely on the number of seats on an aircraft, but I don't ever see that happening. The problem with your suggestion is that most mainline pilots have paid their dues and don't want to go back to the regional jets. They put in their time with TPs. What I have a problem with is the mainline pilots that say "Nah, we don't want to fly that tiny thing" then complain that the RJ pilots are ruining their careers. It turns into a whole us vs them type thing on both sides. I'd like to see an A scale and a B scale, but it's been tried, argued and shot down numerous times already.

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Furthermore I strongly believe there should only be one union for the airlines mainline or contract. Too many splinters weaken the stick.

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Actually, that's part of the problem. Mesa, Delta, Continental, Northwest, Pinnacle, XJT, etc ARE all the same union. The problem comes because the union is fighting both sides of the arguement. They argue for scope and pay for the major and against scope and for QoL and pay for the regionals. The fact that ALPA is on both end of the scope arguement is what makes this so nasty. To my knowledge the only non-ALPA carriers are SWA, American, jetBlue and Skywest. At least those are the ones that I can think of.

April 12th, 2005, 05:43	#103
kellwolf Old Skool Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 14,341	Re: B6 EMB190? [ QUOTE ] Point blank regional flying should be in my opinion done by mainline pilots there shouldn't be a A salary scale and a B scale. [/ QUOTE ] I'd like to see starting salaries based solely on the number of seats on an aircraft, but I don't ever see that happening. The problem with your suggestion is that most mainline pilots have paid their dues and don't want to go back to the regional jets. They put in their time with TPs. What I have a problem with is the mainline pilots that say "Nah, we don't want to fly that tiny thing" then complain that the RJ pilots are ruining their careers. It turns into a whole us vs them type thing on both sides. I'd like to see an A scale and a B scale, but it's been tried, argued and shot down numerous times already. [ QUOTE ] Furthermore I strongly believe there should only be one union for the airlines mainline or contract. Too many splinters weaken the stick. [/ QUOTE ] Actually, that's part of the problem. Mesa, Delta, Continental, Northwest, Pinnacle, XJT, etc ARE all the same union. The problem comes because the union is fighting both sides of the arguement. They argue for scope and pay for the major and against scope and for QoL and pay for the regionals. The fact that ALPA is on both end of the scope arguement is what makes this so nasty. To my knowledge the only non-ALPA carriers are SWA, American, jetBlue and Skywest. At least those are the ones that I can think of.