Originally Posted by
JetJock16
Yes SAPA has no true legal leverage but the threat of the many things gives them more leverage then you would think. BTW, everything we have here at SKW is the result of "good faith bargaining" and has been so for over 35 years. Mgmnt has continued to respect us and now that the ALPA drive has failed I must join in the faith and pray it never bite us.
I don't think you understand a couple of things. The threats you speak of are NOT collectively controlled by a unified group and therefore not able to be used as true leverage upon management. Its just the pressures of maintaining adequate, good, qualified employees (which all unionized pilot groups have going for them as well).
Also, "good faith bargaining" doesn't mean that management asks you nicely what you want and that they actually listen. "Good faith bargaining" only happens when their is true leverage which ultimately means that their is the ability to "self help." As "at-will employees" you have no such rights under current labor laws.
Anyways, please don't take this as an attack on you or on the Skywest pilot group. I just wish that more of them understood these things.