Now is not the time. We all appreciate everything that those, such as the Comair Pilots gave up, but I cannot see how this directly relates (or quite frankly, indirectly) to the SkyWest group.

You are wrong that Jerry increases our Pay incrementally only to stay ahead of those represented by ALPA. Partially, I am sure, but now wholly. Ya'll have been BURNED so much by Mgmt that you can no longer believe that there is some good out there. And some of that good is in our Mgmt team. Sure, we could fight for a few nickels here and there, but it's not all about ME, ME, ME. I want to see the company succeed and do well, and I have no problem making small concessions to make that happen...Maybe I'm just a team player ::gasp::

The SKW Pilot group joining ALPA is NOT going to benefit those at Mesa or TSA, get over it. It is NOT going to benefit the Pilots at SKW either. Get over it. In an Industry smothered by bad-blood between employee and employer, there are a few carriers out there that have managed to stay above it. Arguments here from those outside SKW are beginning to smack of Jealousy.

And finally, I am SICK, SICK, SICK of hearing from this board's members why SKW Pilots should vote in ALPA on moral grounds. Can you not see how selfish that is? Why would you wish that upon another Pilot group? If nothing else, what is left of the family atmosphere at SKW would DISAPPEAR completely, and be replaced by tension and distrust, nearly overnight. Understand that what you are asking of these pilots is to give up much of what they love about going to work. And for what? To please a few of you? And ALPA, of course...hell, we know they're chomping at the bit for a bit of each Paycheck, with absolutely nothing to offer...imagine that!

Leave SkyWest ALONE. If you were to really care about the SKW Pilots, let them vote ALPA in when they feel it is appropriate.