Originally Posted by
Slaphappy
Sorry its not worth it. Skywest is fine on its own we don't need alpa to come in and destroy this good company. They have done such great work at; Comair, ASA, Mesaba, TSA and of course Mesa and their 1 room per crew contract.
Yeah I really want alpa here just look at their stellar track record.
BTW what are the cards at now? 40%. Last I heard they are hiring at a higher rate than they can get cards in at. Don't forget that everyone who sends in a card isn't going to automatically vote yes. I know of plenty people who have sent in cards who just want to vote it down.
I can't wait till the drive fails, I will enjoy the look on the faces of the vultures out there who want skywest to fail and use the excuse of "brotherhood". If you guys are just looking out for our best intrests then why were you so angry when we got the Midwest contract? I recall a few "screw skywest bottom-feeders" type comments out there. You would think you would be happy for us.
So I guess you're perfectly OK with management's abitlity to invoke their "pen-stroke" policy changes whenever they please. You're ok with their continuous abuse of PBS due to lack-of proper staffing (100 hours in the month with forced flying, minimum days off, 6 day work blocks, no override pay whatsoever (forced flying IS junior manning without compensation)). You're ok with a 1% pay raise, but for only part of the pilot group, the EMB pilots, well, they don't matter.
I'm not saying ALPA is the answer, however, we need some sort of representation that is LEGALLY BINDING. SAPA (which should stand for Skywest Airlines Policy Announcement group) pretty much has no leg to stand on, as they have no legal bargaining power (don't forget we have no contract, just an "agreement"). At any time management could change any of our work rules, and we would be powerless to do anything about it.