Originally Posted by
wetrat0
This is not just an Envoy issue. Republic pilots (who now fly under the Eagle brand) recently rejected a contract that had pay *increases*. AA/US may say they want to put new planes at Piedmont, but Piedmont is currently a very small operation on the flight side and those pilots would undoubtedly demand a pay increase to fly the bigger planes.
Agreed.
I did not begin this thread despite outward appearances that I was the OP. The first post in this thread was a continuation of a substantial discussion from another thread about Parker's demand for concessions from MQ pilots and the recent rejection by Republic's pilots that was not concessionary - it contained pay raises. Here is the now-closed thread that contains the background:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...-shortage.html