Originally Posted by
Nevets
Yes, I get it, Skywest is not the bottom of the barrel. That's not the point here. The point is that you should be the top of the barrel but you instead settle for mediocrity! By definition, someone will always be in the top tier. I would love to keep XJT there but it difficult with 3300 pilots anchored to our negotiations with your me-too clauses. So why can't it be you guys? Why do you choose not to be in the top tier? We help you by setting the average you so gleefully admit you are. Yet you have the leverage to increase that average but you are too apathetic to do otherwise? Its odd to me that an otherwise motivated group of people are happy to just be average instead at trying to be the best at EVERYTHING you do.
What leverage do we have? How are we settling for mediocrity? We're currently in pay negotiations and as far as I've heard the company is talking more pay cuts. I can vote no on that all day but it doesn't mean they're going to suddenly offer us a pay raise. We clearly don't have any leverage because no one is bending over backwards to offer Skywest OR XJT any raises. Remember the concessionary contracts you guys voted down? Have they counted that with massive pay raises because you guys have so much leverage yet?
Remember the last two ALPA votes failed. ALPA has stated that they're no longer interested in pursuing Skywest. There isn't going to be a union here so if that's the leverage you're talking about it won't happen. ALPA doesn't even want it to happen.