Originally Posted by
rjboy
With all the posts about union carriers bringing up wages at Skywest I think it is noteworthy that over the past 5 or so years it has been Skywest pilots (among others) that have held the line. While some ALPA pilot groups have taken pay cuts to obtain additional flying Skywest pilots voted down a pay package and held out for a split of 200/700 rates. I am not knocking any other pilot group. My point is simply that Skywest does not simply follow along and match the pay scales of other carriers. We have been the best or among the best compensated regional pilots for a long time and I am certain that ALPA has used the Skywest pay scales as a part of negotiations at other carriers.
Give me a break. Without unions you would be flying a 757 for 30k a year as captain, flying 150 hours a month without tcas or any other union negotiated benefits. Skywest success over the past years has to do with sound management not the fact that we were not ALPA. Look at the big picture.
You’re totally delusional; our 700 pay came on the backs of the comair pilots.