Shaker One:
Sorry, but that's the biggest load of crap I have heard recently about the happenings around Swissair/Crossair/Swiss!!
When Swissair was grounded, it was quickly discovered that the WHOLE structure around SairGroup (including Crossair) was broke and about to collapse. The "quick and dirty" plan to save what was salvageable was to use the Crossair legal structure, and with a MASSIVE injection of cash from the government and the banks, to make it work including regional AND long-haul fleets.
Once this plan was devised, the task force charged to apply this plan came to Aeropers (Swissair Pilot Union) and gave them 2 choices:
1. Accept 250 job cuts and a salary cut of 35%
2. Forget the whole deal and we scrap your airline.
There was absolutely NOTHING to be negotiated, and the Swissair union accepted the deal as is...
The medium and long haul fleet of Swiss international is vastly more efficient and productive than it's regional counterpart. Further cuts in LH capacities will also mean further job cuts.
However, trying to introduce a "zipper" concept between regional and LH pilots is preposterous. The jobs will have to be cut where the airplanes are scrapped, and this time, the totally over-inflated regional segment will have to bleed the most.
Any "pilotino" who thinks he or she can cheat herself into an airbus seat with legal maneuvering and lawsuits against the former swissair pilots is seriously deluded, not to mention plain WRONG!