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Management is driven by ego. They've thwarted Union drives in the past so they can do it again, at least in their minds. It sounds like this is more of a play to prospective pilots, getting "meat in the seat" so to speak. Skywest knows they're heavily weighted with 50 seaters, UAL just announced more 50 seaters being parked in 2016 as leases come up. Without a steady flow of new-hires due to stagnation as they park more airplanes Skywest will become less attractive during the RFP process.
Don't take my statements as a supporter of a "yes" vote, but without NMB/RLA it doesn't really matter, management can simply do what they feel is necessary.
CRJ2 is making money (lots of it). You don't park planes that make money unless someone wants you to fly planes that make even more money (and the E-175 is not it...yet). Why else did SkyWest just grow by 12 CRJ2s for Delta? I know, I know, every industry pundit and pilot and CEO wants to tell you the 50-seaters are gas hogs and money losers and they can't get rid of them fast enough. And yet, they are still going. If the CRJ2 is a money loser, then Air Wisconsin is going to be feeling the heat long before SkyWest will.