Originally Posted by
Turbosina
You can always just donate a percentage of your salary to ALPA national.
That's diametrically in opposition to the fundamental concept of "unionism" -
everyone working together and contributing equally to the cause. It's not surprising a SkyWest pilot fundamentally doesn't get it.
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.
Yes. The public ponies up every day in fare prices and fees that support pilot salaries among other things, which in turn support union dues.
Does SAPA contribute to and support the SMEs and lobbyists sent to congress and the FAA to lobby for the initiatives that benefit them?
Did SAPA or SKW contribute anything when ALPA spent their time and dues dollars to initially help design the KCM program and get it off the ground?
How much input did SAPA have and how much did they contribute to crafting and lobbying congress/FAA for 117 rest rules?
What initiatives and causes are SAPA and SkyWest pilots
currently contributing towards and advocating for in front of regulators and congress?
How involved is SAPA in crafting and advocating for career progression pathway programs that ALPA has been such an integral part of? You think it was a coincidence United's largest Express carrier's pilots where left out of the Aviate program?
The list goes on....HIMS, ASAP, CIRP, AQP, FFDO.
The foundation for nearly every program and benefit SKW pilots enjoy came from the effort and groundwork laid by pilot labor unions. It's time for the SKW pilot group to admit that. I don't agree with bashing SKW pilots for being non-union, that's certainly their choice to make. But don't delude yourselves into thinking your not free-riding off of the hard work of real union pilot groups doing the heavy lifting.