I agree about listening to guys coming from asa and mesa and trans states about unions. they left their airlines as FO's probably in the first year or two to come to skywest. take what they say with a grain of salt, first of all they dont realize that while yes, they were abused, the union was a huge protection for them and imagine how much worse things would be if they were nonunion. biggest problem with all the regional guys you talk to about how much they hate alpa or unions in general is that all of their 121 experience is post 9/11. yes the trend is when the economy goes down the crapper, everyone blames the unions for it. as a good economy returns in the near future, a union will be your voice to collectively negotiate proper pay and deal with any outstanding issues.