ok relax everyone. the new sapa president was elected by the pilots who voted for him. What a lot of people didnt know at the time was he is a strong alpa supporter, which was great news for the alpa organizing committee. the previous sapa president from what i understand was a total company man. so this was a welcome change. If anyone feels cheated by this, YOU voted for him. and I think this will bring good results.

Does anyone else see something wrong with SAPA members being paid by SKW... talk about conflict of interest!

A union is only as strong as the pilots who support it and are actively participating. If you have a bunch of jerkoffs serving as reps, of course youll get nothing out of it, but Skywests OC is a group of extremely level headed pilots. They want to start off with taking POLICY, and turning it into a CONTRACT. Is that too much to ask?

The pro-sapa or anti union guys at skywest need to understand what the organizing committee wants. Theyre not going in guns blazing trying to flip everything upside down. This wont creat hostility with management. If you can firm up a contract in good graces this will actually be a great move for SKW's future.