WeHaveWhiskey

I was just about to ask the same question, except I only have David Clarks. Looking into getting the lightspeed zulu, just curious if ANR is going to be important and if it would be a good idea to just buy it now.

3GirthUnits

The Lightspeed is great for a turbo-prop, nothing better in my opinion, but it's overkill in the jet. I use the Telex 850 in the CRJ and love it.

3stripes

I see the 175s are headed to ORD. Will this mean the CRJ base closes there? Are FOs allowed to bid over from the CRJ to 175 in order to stay in base? If I make the jump I want to be ORD based, but don't want to get displaced to another base if the 175 takes over.

Nevets

I'm not doing a good job explaining myself. What I'm saying is that you get what you get because the average is set by others. Since you don't have an NMB recognized bargaining agent, by definition, you are not a participant.

DroopsN10

Thanks fellas!

Nevets

This is not raising the bar for anyone. And you are not even getting what you were already promised.

saxman66

No. Just because a new aircraft comes in doesn't mean CRJ's are being pushed out. The ORD will continue to be both CRJ and 175 base.

fastback

No, you aren't explaining yourself very well. Exactly in what is a Skywest pilot not a participant?

AZFlyn1

Wasting... Uh I mean paying 2%.....

Nevets

You are not exerting your right to bargain collectively and thus, with real leverage. As little as it is in the regional industry. Let me give you one example. Let's look at the last compass contract. They had the leverage to bargain for their contract with the credible threat that whatever they can't come to an agreement to, a neutral third party makes the final binding decision for the two parties, regardless of financial windfalls to one side or the other. Does your pilot leaders have the power/right to send whatever the company doesn't agree to to binding arbitration? If no, then they really are just spectators and management has just made it seem like you have some control over the interpretation of language in your work rules. You get what management decides to give you. Otherwise you would be self funded organization with no conflict of interest between the employer and the employees being funded by the employer to supposedly bargain against their financial interest when it's the employers FIDUCIARY responsibility to extract as much cost savings from the employee. Does your organization have a legal fiduciary to the pilots? No they don't. Their only responsibility is to follow the rules of the employer. They get no protections afforded federally recognized bargaining agents in executing their fiduciary responsibility to the employee because you are only at-will employees.

Without that leverage, you are just spectating whether you want to admit it or not. And I say that the fact that you deny to see it, is the reason why we are being whipsawed. You guys can help end this now.