Originally Posted by
echelon
What percentage of VX's flying was done by either a wholly owned regional or a FFD contract with SkyWest? 0%. And it's MUCH easier to get scope BEFORE you give it away.
Since AS never fought for scope before, the JCBA arbitration panel decided that we didn't really need it, and now our single collective pilot group has to put the toothpaste BACK into the tube. I don't know what percentage of Alaska's flying is done by Horizon/SkyWest, but it's definitely become enough that Alaska's business model has grown to depend on it. Thanks to the people that actually had many opportunities to slow that down (over the last 85 years), and chose not to, now we ALL have to fight a MUCH harder fight.
What percentage of AS flying was done by RJ's in it's first 10 years of existence? Or even its first 20, 30, 40 or 50 years? This thing didn't rear it's ugly head until the the ever coveted "big 3" gave it away in the early to mid '90's. It wasn't an issue at AS until really the last 15 years, so claiming the AS pilots didn't do anything for 85 years is just over inflating the issue to sound dramatic. Whether or not VX would have voted in scope is as irrelevant as whether or not AS would have voted in scope in '18. Facts are, neither group had it so it's a combined effort now to gain something neither group had. Pointing fingers at one group only serves the individuals ego and stokes their sense of self superiority.