Originally Posted by SkyWestPilot1

I'm not really sure why we're fighting... I've been riding in the js for the past several months on XJ. The guys (and gals) have been AWESOME. We are all in the same boat. We're just individual employees. We're all the same. We don't, and can't control what the company that we work for does, Individualy. That being said, cost does matter. I ran into a xj fo several months ago in ORD and we got to talking about the future. He asked how things were at Skywest and I said not to bad, although the company WE work for is losing money for the first time in I don't know how long. He said, and I quote, "don't worry about it, we lost money at XJ for years before we were broke, it'll be fine" I didn't really know what to say. Now, I'm sure he doesn't speak for everyone at XJ, I hope. But that mentality is a death sentence. No matter how much SKW, Inc has in the bank it WILL be gone if we don't control costs. I promise you that the airline with the lowest costs will see the growth, union or not. That is the ONE way we can control our future. Guys, do what you want over there, but remeber Skywest INC is in the this to make a profit. I talked to Chip in DEN the other day for the "road show" and he said that right now, they have "buyers remorse" over the XJ purchase, but hope that things will improve. Good luck to us all, to get onto the next step! Good night