Originally Posted by Round Luggage

Congrats everyone! New hires will be able to pay off all of their student loans before moving on to mainline! The best and brightest are going to keep on their dream career path because this career now pays!

While we didn’t get any QOL enhancements now, this is still one of the best jobs I’ve ever had including other flying jobs. But now that check will be bring real money.
I think the young FOs voted yes because they saw the time value of money and they know if the hiring environment changes they will get stuck with all the QOL they could want and the hours they do fly are at a much higher rate.
For the lifers this TA makes it more attractive for others to stay here waiting for D/U/A/S to call and for the best and brightest to come here.
My guess is we will hold on as the regionals contract around us.
You know the people who a few months ago went to the struggling regionals for the then leading LOAs now wish they had the stability, aircraft, and bases of skywest.
This is great for us and our industry and unlike all save Horizon, ours was VOTED in as a real TA!