SAPA agreed to go with whatever ASA/XJT ALPA gets in the form of 401k, health benefits, and scope (nothing to write home about since they are concessions but probably still a gain for Skywest pilots). The fact that we had to negotiate those terms for an additional 3000+ pilots, only makes it harder to negotiate improvements in those sections since it will cost Inc 7500 pilots rather than 4500.

But to answer your question, the reason why is because Skywest pilots (whether they know it or not) want to enjoy the fruits of organized labor without paying for it. The proverbial "riding of coat tails" if you will.

Many don't even know that they have language in their work rules that piggy backs off of our negotiations. Much less know what the TA says in those sections. As evidenced in this thread.