Take stock young lad....

1. a strike is not going to happen. Period. Best case is we will get released someday and mang/union will strike a deal in the 11th hour. Their too close already. Worst case is we will get everything we want and then not be competitive and that will kill our future growth (not saying I believe this, but that is mang. story)

2. We will not EVER be stapled to bottom of Skywest list. they guy that posted that probably is a real ASA captain but I'm guessing wrote that after a long trip; certainly a flair for the dramatic. If we merge it will be date of hire or percentage based. The ASA guys want date of hire (except for our most senior 100, they will actually go backwards) but the 4 to 5 year guys would get a big advantage. I'm a 10 year guy, I think I would stay the same) The Skywest guys want percentage based because the young guys think it would effect their upgrade to Captain.

This is a silly fear, here's why. It will take another few months for ASA to get a contract, let's say 6 months. Then it would take at a min of 6 months for a merger to take place. Then, another 6 to 12 months for the merger language to be written (how long did it take U.S. Air/Am West?) Then there would be a 12 to 18 month fence before we could cross bid domiciles.
So let's add that up 6+6+12+18=42 3.5 YEARS!!!!! Everyone working at Skywest or ASA as a newhire today, will still make the upgrade on schedule. It would be the guys hired AFTER that program was announced that might be affected!

Finally, your comment about SW union. Many believe it will pass. But it is not a REQUIREMENT. There is case law already out there which supports that. It would no doubt make it easier, but not required.

Hope this helps,
Stick