Originally Posted by
YAKflyer
What is guaranteed is SKW will never help raise the bar to improve conditions in the industry if the union is rejected. SKW management will tell you they can't afford to keep you up with inflation (effectively giving you a pay cut each year), but there is plenty of money to spend millions to buy back stock.
The folks running SkyWest have done an enviable job of running a large business by ANY standard. I understand the need for the pilots to feel entitled to some of that money. I'm sure we'd take whatever we could get
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A strong, profitable SkyWest is good for the industry, and the pilots who work (yes, work) for SkyWest. But, many of us are owners (stockholders) also (which we purchase at a discount from market price). ALPA didn't get us that discount. We pilots also make a bonus based on profits (among other things). ALPA didn't get us that, either.
It must be that ever ALPA carrier has these features (that we already have)?
The ALPA president makes what the highest paid member (captain) makes. If he is making as much as you say ALPA wouldn't have a problem with any organizing drive.
So, his salary has some connection to the success (or lack of success) to the orgainzing drive? I'm guessing that the implication here is that joining ALPA means big fat pay checks for it's member pilots. I'll tell that to the Mesa (ALPA) pilots. Perhaps you can clarify?