Your point was that ALPA is the reason for their concessions. My only counter point is that if they were non-union, they would be worse off. Keep in mind the fact that the judge denied management's first attempt at abrogating the pinnacle pilots' contract. That is proof that they would have been worse off if they were non-union because they wouldn't even need the permission of a judge.
The judge was having a bad day. And all he said was basically I can't approve this, why don't you guys talk it out more, and if they come back with the same concession offer, I'll have to approve it.
As for non-union being worse off, yeah SkyWest is doing really bad right?