Classic!

Again, it would be nice if we could go to management and demand, request, negotiate a FAIR contract. However, I constantly hear that management is not meeting with the unions on revising their contract. This is extremely evident with GoJet who still has no contract. Trans States is having problems even getting management to the table. And an ASA guy who called to talk to me about ALPA said they have had problems in the past with Delta and SkyWest in the beginning, but now it has changed and they are negotiating. However, that was a month ago and still no contract or rumors of one in sight.

CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, but my understanding of your management at XJT is they GIVE you a good deal and you take it! Again, from what I have heard and gathered, your management LIKES you guys and GIVES you what you deserve. With that being said, it is easy to criticize other places that have to work with management to get anything descent.

What is your expectations at SkyWest? How do you think ANYONE is going to change the thought process of someone who has been there 10 - 20 years and has decided to make a career out of SkyWest? ALPA is not going to come in and change the way these guys think! I agree, it would be great if we could go to management and say, "here is what XJET, RAH, Horizon, etc. is getting and we deserve this!" However, you have SAPA who is apparently buddy/buddy with management and will not go to bat for the pilot group. Being at SkyWest for only six months, I have yet to be able to make a solid opinion on whether or not that is true.

I am in agreement with you that we all should be able to say that company XYZ is profitable and they are getting this and that. Our company's answer to that is out profit sharing which can get pretty high to my understanding. Nonetheless, it is wishful thinking that companies with management like TSA and Mesa will get contracts anywhere near XJT's or Horizon's because they simply ask for it. Time to board, more later!