Stating opinions as facts is not helpful to your cause, Tex.

Horizon has a $121 pay rate, a full 15% higher than Skywest's top rate of $105. Republic has a pay rate of $119, over 13% higher than Skywest's. And the most junior CA flying for ExpressJet's Charter operation pulls in a minimum guarantee of $104,760, a full $10,260, or over 9% higher minimum guarantee than the most senior pilot for Skywest.

It is a fact that Skywest has the 3rd highest hourly pay rate for a FAR 121 airline aircraft that seats less than 90 passengers in the US. Beyond that, it's hard to tell where the facts end and the opinion begins.

And the great 'satan', Mesa? Their supposedly horrible contract, the one signed 5 years ago that gave away the farm to capture all of their flying . . . it pays a mere $94,600 a year minimum guarantee to a 20 year CA, $100 more than the minimum guarantee for Skywest's highest pay level.

Those are facts.