The sad sad sad truth is this;
When you ACTUALLY separate/make the distinction between the pilot profession and running a regional airline, MatchPoint is right.
Since 9/11, Jerry has done NOTHING but grow SkyWest Inc and for the most part, keep the shareholders happy.
Not that long ago, before Reverend Bedford went off the reservation, the SAME could be said for him. He took CHQ from a crappy little turbo prop operator with a single mainline partner to what they were right before he went nuts with Midwest/Frontier.
AGAIN, you have to separate the pilot career from running a business/being a CEO understand what MatchPoint is getting at.
Sadly most pilots are incapable of seeing the other side. I have 2 business degrees and many years of experience so I see what Jerry has done and I am impressed. I know I am now "labor" but to succeed you must have a good working relationship with mgt. and yes that's a 2 way street. Just as we need to work with them, they need to work with us and that's exactly what Jerry understands.
Work with you? Wake up, he really doesn't do that. You do understand that he has an employment/compensation contract? There is a really good reason for that. Yeah, he is definitely the smarter of the bunch over there.