Here we go again with the SkyWest attitude.

Johnso29,

I voted no for the pay proposal in hopes that we could negotiate better. I guess you didn't read that. My GUESS is that it was the SkyWest lifers who voted yes for the insulting pay proposal. I agree with you in that XJT, Comair, etc., all pave the way for better contracts. However, if this is the case, then why isn't it happening across the board? Do you think management sits in their office and says, "well, XJT management gave their pilots a raise, we should give our pilots a raise." Do you think that Mesa, Trans States, etc. pilots are going to go to management and say, "we want what they have" and management is going to give it to them? It doesn't work that way, I like you, would like it to, but it doesn't. And people like yourself who think that that is a possibility should think again. Just because XJT gets a raise doesn't mean everyone else is going to follow suit.

It was the pilots' who voted YES for the pay proposal that are accepting less than what we are worth. I haven't seen one SkyWest person on this forum who has said they voted yes for that pay proposal.

On another note, the SkyWest pilot group is extremely divided considering that 55% of the people who voted, voted YES KNOWING THAT FELLOW PILOTS WERE NOT GETTING A RAISE! THAT IS EXACTLY WHY A UNION WILL NOT WORK AT SKYWEST. AS YOU ALL SAY, A UNION IS ONLY A STRONG AS ITS PILOTS. A UNION NEEDS UNITY TO BE STRONG, AND THAT IS LACKING HERE AT SKYWEST. HOWEVER, THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE HAPPY HERE, SO GO FIGURE?