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I'm all for dumping ALPA and merging all three lists and have an in-house union, but again, the Skywest folks won't go for it! They are afraid of their precious bases and most guys don't see a benefit for merging. A lot of those guys over there think Skywet saved ASA and XJT and they are entitled to more. I've got a lot of friends at OO, and unfortunately a lot of them drink that St. George Kool Aid.
Can you blame them? Skywest is growing while asa/xjt could lose 40 airplanes in the coming months (27 ual erjs, 8 dal crj7 and 6 dal crjs). Why would you want merge with an airline that could furlough 400? Xjt and asa people could push skyw people out of their own bases. Dont believe me ask pncl captains that are now fos because xj saab captains were displaced into pncl a/c. Skywest pilots, Look at the pinnacolaba slaughter and ask yourself if you want that as your future.
Also inhouse at regionals cant work because of funding. It is dumb to think that people making 50k a year could get the same protection with 2% that one could get with alpa.