Originally Posted by
Lapon
More QF/VA pilots might win, but pilots who had been rejected or for whatever reason missed those boats would in turn loose, with the net benefit to the greater pilot community being zero.
I would go further to say that a good number of those F100 runs could never justify a 737 service in the first place and the size of pie would simply shrink.
Au contraire, since the deregulation of the industry in 1978 airline management have repeatedly shrunken the pie. At least with regard to viable career path.
Pursuit of a lower unit labour cost and 'leverage' over workforce was the centre piece of management strategy for decades. The key weapon in this pursuit was subsidiary and out sourced employment.
Whilst the sectors you refer to may never have justified a 737 it is really a question of what the management focus is.
Using your existing pilot body, keeping the operation in-house and utilising the career and seniority trajectory was one approach..
The other path, very well worn is the use of outsourced contractor workforce with hopefully far less union involvement.
Can anyone explain how the 717 crews would be shifted to other ports? Do they get a say where, and is it seniority based?
One may posit that it all depends what the contract says.