Originally Posted by Hayduke

First-year pay is terrible at a lot of places, but you're looking at *one* aspect of pay compared to the three top-paying regionals. After year 1, Skywest's pay is comparable to those you mentioned and MUCH better than a lot of other RJ operators. I made more my first year at Skywest than I did at $24/hr at my previous airline, anyway, so it's not even as straightforward as you're trying to make it.

I'll say it again. Skywest is a very, very good company to work for. I understand where our pilots who say that SKW doesn't need a union are coming from--a lot of them came from ALPA carriers where conditions were much worse, and now there QOL and pay has drastically increased. I disagree with them, but I see why they think that. I think that people do the ALPA drive a major disservice by preaching that SKW is a bottom-feeder or some other BS--it just makes our fence-sitting pilots indignant.