Krusty, excelent work. Someone who can spell out the facts like your good self should be on the REX board!
Totally in agreeance with the Nomad; forward some details to a journo for release to the public. What has a journalist got to loose by publishing some stories in magazines or newspapers anyway? They love a good story!
When it comes down to it, I believe that REX deserves to fall on it's a**e if it doesn't come to the table with anything less than a suitable EBA for pilots that takes into account the current climate. I refer to "climate" on two angles;
- The finacial unrest in the economy - fuel, food electricity, water, everything that comes into day to day living.
- the pilot shortage - pilots will keep leaving if the conditions aren't favourable. What else would you expect? It's hardly nuclear engineering!!
Pay the money and stop forcing the pilots that work at REX to live on or below the poverty line... have some Freakin' pride in the company! At every level - by the way, the "company" is not management back pockets.
10 - 4 out.