Originally Posted by BeechLuxuryLnr

Skywest is a good place to work. It's important to keep this in perspective.

This is a very well run company. If you left tomorrow for say, Spirit or Frontier would your QOL be improved? Probably not. Even if United offers you a job tomorrow, your QOL would probably take a hit for 3 -5 years. Of course this all depends on where you live, among other factors. But I'm fairly certain that if I leave Skywest, I will probably not work for another company that treats their employees as well as Skywest has.

Yes, we all should be paid and compensated better. I'm not saying we shouldn't ask for what we're worth. But all regionals have their hands tied by the companies they do branded flying for. But we choose to work here knowing this.

And please don't expect a union to change much. If anything, it would **** off the company to no end. IMO unions are mostly ineffective at regionals, especially if they also represent a major partner. So that leaves us with few options. Ask any other regional pilot how effective their union has been. I could think of a lot of ways I'd rather spend that 20$ a month. This all pertains to Skywest of course - I don't think I would work for any other regional without representation.

So yeah, we all would like Delta's contract, but that's not going to happen at a regional. Of course it could be better, but that could always be said. Enjoy your time at Skywest because you'll never get it back.

I hope I don't sound like a d*** saying this - I just think it's important to consider that we all signed up for this job.