Originally Posted by
Hedley
Because your competitors are union shops and have collectively fought hard for those gains. Given the size of SkyWest, if you guys would join the fight and demand improvements, the conditions at all regional carriers would likely improve.
Just out of curiosity have you actually worked for a regional with a union shop? Do regionals need somebody to protect their flying via scope? The majority of “gains” made at any regional have been more related to supply and demand, most gains in QOL and pay in the recent years have been due a lack of surplus of pilots.
We didn’t need a Union to “fight for us” for higher pay. The lack of applicants led to management raising the pay rate after we had already signed a new contract.