Originally Posted by
ConnectionPilot
It's relevant because he said he was ready for a union. I just asked why he was ready and why he thinks ALPA is a better step forward than what we have now.
I worked at Mesaba, then Pinnacle. Went through the bankruptcy and decided to leave before ALPA passed a contract WITH MANAGEMENT that the pilot group voted in, after being threatened they would lose their jobs if they voted no. A contract which anchored the race to the bottom. Do I blame the 9E guys for voting it in? Of course not. That's their livelihood and they have to have a job to survive.
Why don't I want ALPA at SkyWest? Because I am a lot happier at SkyWest than I was at 9E. Knowing I don't have to worry about a simple case of conflict of interest between ALPA at a regional and ALPA at a legacy. Things need to change, for sure, but that's not the answer.
In the last 4 years Skywest has went downhill that I have been here and it is not going to get better. I am not an alpa cheer leader but the "that's the way we do it" is bull*******. The reserve rules are now worse than they were originally.
9E is now getting $20,000/year in bonus and we are going to vote in a 1.5% 3 year deal. Pilots are their own worse enemy's.