That's exactly the point. It's ridiculous to me that most people don't seem to understand that having a union, AND a good working relation with management ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.

It's a logical fallacy to say "ABC Regional, and XYZ Regional are both ****ty, and they both have unions, therefore they must be ****ty because of the union"

Do people really think SkyWest management will somehow "turn" on the pilots, and change the way they operate their business model just because the pilots unionize?

It's a ridiculous notion to presume that SkyWest will turn into Mesa or Pinnacle just because of a union. Give our management a little more credit than that. They aren't that stupid or petty. However this seems to be the prevailing wisdom of the hardened anti-union crowd around here.

You can have your cake (union), and eat it too (good management). It does however take smart, capable, and rational people on both sides to make the relationship work.