I don't think some of the people involved in this conversation understand why GoJet and Freedom are actually set apart from the rest of the regional airlines. Competition between airlines like AE, TSA, and Mesa is normal and good. The problems start when the holding company for an airline starts a new airline, one which infringes on the operational scope of the original airline. Additionally, the pilot group for the start-up is not represented by any union, which allows the parent company to pay these pilots less.
These pilots are not scabs. (The term scab is reserved for any pilot who crosses a picket line, or goes to work, during a strike)
However, these pilots did choose to go to work for a company that is unfairly taking business from another company under the same holdings company. The financial link between the two companies is what makes this situation unfair. For someone to argue that TSA is in the wrong for taking business from AE shows a lack of understanding of the basic fundamentals of capitalism.
Lets put this in perspective. I pay you to do a job for me. You have a union and we have a contract which defines your rights and my obligations to you. Today, I hired a new person to work for me. He does not have a union, and I pay him less. I take some of your work and give it to him. Because of this, there is less work for you to do, and you are paid less. I obviously do not think this is fair, and the vast majority of commercial airline pilots would agree. This is why GoJet and Freedom A pilots are "blacklisted" by ALPA and other pilot unions. AE doesn't fit into this catagory because the flying they do is not within the scope of the AA pilot contract. In other words, the work they do is not taking any work away from AA pilots.
In any case, although I think goarmy's arguments are completely unfounded and uninformed, I do agree with him about the pilots in this country not being a united group. It doesn't matter to me that there are more than a few unions out there, but at least the unions should all work toward a group of common goals.