Originally Posted by
disillusioned
Question for you Cruz. Since you have had experience at other regionals, is SW as bad as some think? I realize that even with all the crap we put up with that we are still better off than some, and maybe that is what is the driving force is behind us getting all the new hires?
I know that most out there are just trying to build hours and experience at a regional until they can move on. And maybe all this is just to give incentive to those that are comfortable to move on. They say that regionals should never be a career destination but I fought that wisdom for as long as I could. Until ALL regionals are on the same page and not whipsawing each other, I'm afraid not much will change.
There is no comparing SkyWest to my time at Silver just two different airlines, as far as my short time at Horizon it was about the same with a slight edge to Horizon because of how much better the compensation was. Looking at what's going on now at Horizon I think SkyWest is the better option. Having a Union doesn't make everything perfect but it does give the pilot group a little more leverage to fight for and enforce contract issues. The whole IAH closing issues you brought up would be handled vastly different if we had a union. SGU can escape all this by passing just enough along to keep us from unionizing and we buy off on it. The biggest complaint you'll get from people at SkyWest for more than say 5 years or so is I don't want a percent of my pay going to a union to waste on nothing. Usually these guys I hear that from are senior and have never had to deal with issues where a union could help them. We can debate unions all day for their positive and negatives cause both sides aren't necessarily wrong, but I'd prefer one for the just in case moment I need it. YMMV