Originally Posted by
JetJock16
Yes, that was a BS move on Mgmnt's (BH) part. It's a rather long story for those who don't know but it all went down around the time the ALPA drive was in full swing as well as the ALPA lawsuit. Our then President was an ALPA supporter and a huge pilot advocate. He (our then SAPA Pres.) tried to hold BH and Mgmnt accountable for their promises and policies. They say that you could hear him yelling at BH from the other side of St. George telling him that if SKW wants to remain union free they better start holding up their end, BH was a true road block in our progress. The best part was that once BH had left and we got a new SAPA president, we ended up with almost everything our then President was working for.
We had a good relationship with Mgmnt when Holt was here, but now that he's gone we have a good working relationship with Mgmnt.
Our current SAPA President is a great guy but our then SAPA President was exactly who we needed to deal with Brad "Stone Wall" Holt. It was BS what BH and Mgmnt did to him causing him to fear for his job and eventually resign after accepting a new position at Alaska Airlines.
Holt's a tried & true "Jerry's Kid" and he'll give all of you at ASA no more than what Jerry's willing to give up. But understand that Mgmnt truly cares about their employees and they’ve proved it time and time again. Once I needed off early to make a FLT home when my kid came down ill, they let me off and (without asking) they positive spaced me.
I've had Jerry Atkins in my jumpseat a few times in and out of SGU and the guy has a lot of respect for his employees. He’s told us several times that we all deserve more but it's a numbers game and we all have to play it. In the end all of you at ASA will learn to respect our Mgmnt team for their dedication to our future and their employee’s future. You can see what I mean by the fact that even after your TA has been approved they are continuing to improve life at ASA whereas most airlines will never go above what they have agreed to in a forced TA. They also haven’t announced any furloughs which should tell you that they would rather dip into their huge reserve (something like $1.3B in the bank & growing) in order to maintain high moral and high employee/employer satisfaction than place one person on the street.
People often tell us that we at SKW are drinking way to much Kool-Aid, well we are but there’s a good reason for it.
BTW, I voted yes for ALPA.