All the people that are screaming no from the rooftops are senior people that won't be affected by a downsizing of the airline, they are most likely captains already and won't be downgraded. They don't care about FOs on first year pay or that new flying can lead to more upgrades and career progression, they'd wager anything for another dollar a hour. You can clearly see in the info packet Skywest is quite a bit more expensive than other operators, compass etc are a much junior pilot group. Now I know some senior as dirt people will say downsize if you must to give us more pay, but there are people below you that are actually affected by that and that do want to leave Skywest. IF You want really pay go to mainline, if you aren't going to mainline because of your QOL you are trading in pay for that. The regional business model as a contractor is based on cost and if we cost too much we downsize and become Comair, Expressjet etc etc. Wake up people, our hourly rates are competitive, if you want QOL improvements such as more reserve (ability to drop trips, get vacation etc) then you need new hires.

If you vote no at least tell your reps what you want to see improved, think QOL over hourly because our hourly isn't going to change.

If you want the raise management got by all means try get into management, I'm sure there's a director of director titles opening or something to that effect posted