Originally Posted by
rickair7777
What's the cliff? ALPA? SGU could care less, other than they would want to whittle the total package down as far as possible before a union vote freezes the status-quo (already in progress IMO).
I don't see how there's any room for any gains, solid or otherwise...the company can't seem to win RFPs, and the high-longevity pilot group isn't helping with that. The company is efficient (by regional standards, trust me they really are) and has large economies of scale but is still getting underbid. The regional system, once again, is working exactly as designed...culling the herd of senior pilot groups. The acid test will be the UA and DL contracts coming up for renewal very soon.
Instead of wasting your time talking about regional unions and pay packages, I suggest ya'll start filling out major airline apps...
Yeah. Maybe it's time to get out. Maybe guys at some of the growing regionals should read and watch carefully. Looks like about 30 years is the life expectancy of a regional airline not counting a decade or two in the desert. From birth to growth to top heavy pay scales and loosing it all. Half a dozen recent examples to look at. A couple of exceptions too. Hard to say which way this coin lands.
And there is plenty of money. For pay, work rules, reserve rules. Trust me. Management just has to spread it out a little. Not keep so much for themselves. And tell the shareholders it will improve the bottom line in the long run.
SkyWest work groups will need a union before any sale or merger. Maybe much sooner. We will see how this next pay package goes.