Originally Posted by
TimetoClimb
We don't have access to the lawyers or the negotiators, so no we aren't parasites that benefitted at the expense of others. ALPA has contributed massively to safety intiatives which the entire public benefits from - do we expect the public to pony up? We still pay taxes for the FAA whose presence curbs managment greed. St george pays for KCM enrollment. Many OAL pilots rely on us to get them to work. Skywest aint a leech. Lastly, acute labor shortages have driven wage increases from 2014 on, pattern bargaining was a lagging indicator. But I'm probably still missing something.
Absolutely correct, ALPA has done good things no question. It's just funny to me that anytime SkyWest makes money, gets new contracts, new airplanes or anything like that everyone with an axe to grind comes out with the good ol' "OO PiLoTs ArE To BlAmE!" line.
It's almost as if they now know that all us pilots drop everything, put on our disguises and meet up once a week in the secret underground St. George lair to plot the downfall of every other regional in the country so we can steal flying and avoid joining ALPA...
Cause you know, the pilots are obviously to blame for every other regionals woes.