Originally Posted by
Shootinstr8
Lets say you were king for a day, how would you craft this 7800 pilot Mega Regional to prevent going backwards but move forward on pay and QOL. Lets be serious there is a lot riding on our decisions.
King, eh ?
Nirvana to me would be an independent union like APA, SWAPA, IPA, USAPA, etc. that would be a union that the brothers and sisters at SkW can live with, and that doesn't contain the threat that SkW will get something jammed down our throats that we don't want, like this lovely sentiment:
If it does go down that is exactly what should happen. That way a combined ASA and XJT could be the majority at Skywest INC and really stick it to them. You could leverage it to put the screws to Skywest and show them why they should have voted in ALPA. __________________
XJT Alumni 3/05-2/08
NWA DC-9
Now, how do you merge the lists? No matter what I'd say, your view of what's fair would depend largely on, well... you. Date of hire is a disadvantage to many junior SkW guys (like me) over ASA guys, and I suspect EVERY XJT guy. I'd go for it, though, if if were that simple. It wouldn't be, though.
I will say, however, that even under the current offer, any XJT pilot put on the street should be the first one to get hired at any Inc company. Not "preferred". Hired. Whoever is in any hiring pool would continue to wait until all the former employees are brought back, or at least given the opportunity to turn the job down.
Also, since I am King, of course I would extract a healthy tributum (tax) on every shareholder to be paid into my offshore (tax free) account where my yacht would be waiting with a dozen or so Hawaiin Tropic girls.
Any of you girls need a fresh coat of sun tan lotion ?