<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by DHAST:
Our pay scales are nowhere near mainline's payscales, and the typical response (from the consumer) is: "You're a regional, they shouldn't be. You guys are in business because you have cheaper operating expenses. Part of that comes from lower labor costs." Well, what incentive is there to work on a regional ramp if the majors are hiring? What you see is staffing shortages and ramp delays like we have now.</font>
I sympathize, DH and I appreciate your comments as a ACA employee. A few of my angels did stick around when they converted to UX...Same job, same duties, half of the pay...They've been vocal about that, and frankly, I don't blame them...Not a one is happy working for ACA. Plus, my comments are not directed at anyone personally, and definitely not you.
To me, it's not ACA, it's a United issue. The way I understand it, United calls all of the shots in terms of scheduling, flights, slots, etc. As I stated before, UNITED brought this upon themselves when they closed the stations and began requiring ACA to come up with all of these new flights, employees, resources, etc. It also didn't help things that they closed the B22 Express gates and threw them into F councourse as well...It just adds to the congestion in F.
United will suffer the most, they will slowly lose customers who are forced to take RJ's, like myself and my employees, because frequent travelers will not and cannot tolerate such delays on a constant basis. I know I'll be overnighting in Chicago if I stay with United, losing confirmed upgrades on my connecting flights, missing meetings, etc.
I'd hate to see how things will run this winter when there's (God forbid) SNOW on the ground, and there are LEGITIMATE excuses for delays.