Originally Posted by
TheOtherGuy25
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.
Theres that koolaid that ****es the union carriers off, right there.
As a union pilot I can tell you that OO does in fact benefit from union carrier gains. As a matter of fact, a strong argument can be made that threat of OO pilots unionizing is probably more effective than having a union at OO. KCM is paid for by A4A, the origin was ALPA. Part 117, the 1,500 hour rule, the list goes on. Thats not even the main issue.
OO benefits from union carrier setting the baseline, they negotiate, fight, do the work - then OO Mgmt gives SAPA a good enough carrot keep you guys from organizing. So OO pilots continue to reap the benefits of the rest of industry without putting any of the work. The best part is that several of your pilots know it, wouldn’t mind organizing, but because they won’t be there in 5-10 years why should they do any work?
But they happily wear that ALPA pin at DAL and UAL.