Originally Posted by Nevets

They are a drag on the XJT negotiations and by extension on this sector of the industry. It is fact that Skywest tied themselves to the XJT negotiations by agreeing to get whatever the XJT pilots get for 401k matching, health benefits, and scope. By anchoring 3000 additional pilots to another pilot group's negotiations, it takes more negotiating capital because the costing would include 7500 pilots rather than 4500 (which Skywest pilots are not contributing to) to keep what we have in those sections since they are all better than what Skywest has already, much less try to improve on those sections. More than likely, it'll cost us too much negotiating capital to keep all those items and they'll just concentrate on scope. If we do get any improvements in other places, skywest management will be hard pressed not to offer something up to their pilots, minus 2% of course, in order to perpetuate the whipsaw.

That clear things up a bit?