Originally Posted by
Excargodog
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
MOST Americans aren’t union members. Given that airline pilot unions seem even more hamstrung in their actions by the RLA than the unions of other industries, and the history of incestuous relationships (MEC to management pilot, etc.), the (hoped for) short time people want to spend in the regionals before moving on, and the lack of support (even moral support) the regional unions get from the unions at the majors, the more reasonable question might be why so many of the other regionals ARE unionized.
Because I can almost certainly guarantee you that if no regionals were unionized even the saintly Skywest wouldn’t be operating the same today. Skywest operates the way it does because it does not want a union. Even the last contract improvements came early because a ALPA campaign was getting underway. You guys crack me up. Every contract Skywest has had competes with unionized regional lift. I’m pretty sure Skywest hasn’t ever set the bar for other regionals to match