This will not be popular, but here it goes. SkyWest is not the problem. ALPA is the problem. This is coming from a career long ALPA pilot. It is flawed at the regional level and SkyWest management has been smart enough to capitalize on that.

When every regional ALPA carrier is individually faced with racing to the bottom, and their very own MECs negotiate contracts that undercut each other, then ALPA national has failed on a massive level. It was beyond frustrating to watch during my time in the regionals.