Hoss,
When I had the opportunity to meet some of the SSA crews earlier this year, the topic of EAA pilots wanting to "come and take our spots" was raised by most that I met. I did what I could to try and dispel this myth, hopefully with some success.
We also discussed base protection, as written elsewhere on this thread by
newsensation. Not many seemed to be aware that any integration would have some sort of base protection clause (which works both ways).
Both pilot groups expectations of base opportunities and promotion must be taken care of.
IMHO, the statement that
Most EAA pilots would jump at a chance to move to Bris" is vicious scaremongering, spread by one senior individual in SSA, and he has no evidence to back this up.
I prefer SY too, Hoss
