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Originally Posted by Baradium  More pilots aren't going to magically appear... if this happened, the mins at majors would drop accordingly to put the pilots in seats. |
Hmm, last time I checked a LOT of pilots magically appeared. Remember Skybus, ATA, Aloha etc. I'm sure we'll be adding more pilots to that list too before this down swing hits bottom.
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Originally Posted by kellwolf Don't let all the doom and gloomers fool you. Scope going back to mainline is a GOOD thing. It means more time at a mainline carrier in the long run. Might hurt short term, but if you keep thinking short term in this industry you're gonna be playing catch up the whole time. |
I understand how it is good for the industry. More mainline jobs....just so you can be furloughed in 5 years because the attrition rate is minimal right? And then hope to get a J4J job with a company flying something other than a prop while you await recall, because you're a "Mainline" pilot, God forbid you have to go back to flying anything with props. Those are for boats anyway. I get it I get it.
Still though, what about those folks who don't get hired by the Majors? And who's Regional employer doesn't exsist or reduced capacity so much because of a scope clause? They would have to start all over again at another Regional...OR just go work for a Skybus or JetBlue.
My point is, that mainline pilots SCREWED up when they scoped these airplanes out and they would SCREW UP again if they tried to scope them back in. There is no way they could modify the scope clause without causing major heartache for many across the industry. But I guess as long as it is good for the industry, it doesn't matter how many people get slaughtered along the way. Kind of like the Iraq war.
I see how it adds mainline jobs, but it does nothing more than make the "good ole boys club" a bit larger.