Swoop Routes

[UpperDeck]

On 2/5/2018 at 6:21 PM, anonymous said:

Ok Boney, Do you not understand the implications of Swoop? WJ management is creating another airline within an airline. They are taking equipment that you are flying today, painting them pink and putting them on routes that you are flying today. Oh, and they are asking guys to fly those pink planes at a reduced rate, under worse conditions. They will use the economies of scale of the mainline to support this new operation for everything but the front line (pilots and fas). The financials will be aggregate cause its all under one stock ticker.  Good luck finding out if Swoop is actually making a money, or if WJ mainline is taking on some of its finacial liability to make it look cheaper.

Do you not see the issue with this? Or is it because you are safely senior enough or close enough to retirement, or just need the stock to stay up so you can cash out that it doesn't affect you... until it does. What if "Uncle Trip-G" decides that WJ needs a ULCC widebody operation to compete with the likes of Norwegian? "Hey senior guys, we need you to take a pay cut and work more 'cause of this international ULCC threat."  You'd be out a slight bit more than 2%/paycheck in that case, buddy.

Don't think it will happen? I bet WJ pilots never thought they'd be end-runned with a siphoning off of their work either. 

This stuff drags the whole profession down. WJ is not in dire financial straights. There is not a glut of experienced pilots looking to step over their grandma to fly a jet for 1996 wages.

Wake up dude.

 

And why do YOU  care? You don't work for the same company, do you?

I'm guessing your remarks are based upon the conviction that pilots have a common interest in unity and that feathers in their own nest provide only short-term comfort. You would prefer that others shared your perspective because ultimately, that would benefit ALL pilots ( including you).

The fact that what happens with Swoop has no immediate impact upon you does not negate your right to comment nor diminish the value of your input when placed in context.

We ALL benefit from the perspective of others because it necessarily broadens our horizons.