Originally Posted by
gojo
I don't get it. If you do the math one can see that Skywest pay and work rules are behind what their union counterparts are. 2% dues and you'd still be money ahead. Why the strong anti sentiment against them? A comparison of the Skywest of even a few years ago to present shows a trend. And now locked into a near industry low pay scale for 5 years? What gives?
Several reasons.
The UT demographic is not big on unions in general, for better or worse.
At least 1/3 of the pilots came from union regionals and are permanently scarred. If their last regional sucked, or was a dead-end, even if it's not the union's fault that still leaves a bad taste in your mouth (someone taking your money but not fixing the problem).
The west coast surfer demographic is not big on unions either. While not as vehement as the UT boyz, the west coast guys did not grow up in the union-heavy societies of the mid-west and eastern seaboard where everybody's dad was either in the union, the mob, or both. It's alien to them.
Frankly SKW never really needed a union in the past. QOL deterioration may be changing that. The company has apparently decided to run lean as SOP.