Originally Posted by
Nevets
Each property is different than other properties. There are varying amount of leverage at each property. There is only so much that can be done at any given time at each property. This is more like a marathon than a sprint. It generally takes a lot longer to get back what was given back.
I'll stop using XJT or Horizon as an example if you stop using Mesa and Trans States as an example. But it is a good point. Each of these four companies have different managements with different set of circumstances and varying amount of financial success. And that is the key with Skywest. Skywest has been THEE most successful regional and that alone would give the pilots more leverage than any other pilot group has ever had a regional to help convince management to give just a little bit more of that three quarters of a BILLION DOLLARS they have a in the bank.
The reason I use TSA/Mesa mainly (I also mentioned skyway, comair, asa, and eagle) is because a HUGE number of SkyWest pilots came from these carriers that in general haven't had a "win" with ALPA in some time. I would venture a guess that VERY few former Xjet, Horizon, and Republic pilots find themselves in SkyWest uniforms and therefore they aren't voting at SkyWest. I'm just trying to let everyone else on here see where SkyWest pilots mindset is, and I'm trying to come up with an alternative way of convincing the 15-16% you need that it's a good idea. Simply telling us that we have more leverage than everyone else, won't convince anyone. Hopefully the tides will start changing in favor of labor, and the next time a union drive happens at SkyWest we may very well see it succeed. Until then I'm afraid that too many SkyWest pilots, former ALPA members themselves, feel that ALPA hasn't spoken for them (the junior RJ pilot) and don't want them at SkyWest.