Originally Posted by
reelbigchair
I can't believe you're a mod
Ya, I probably wouldn't expect much more from him, now, or in the future. No class.
I think it was already stated... whatever labor representation that we (ok, them!) have, if the collective bargaining labor contract says you're canned after failing an upgrade training event, guess what? You're still canned.
Interesting side note, I'm a SkyWest pilot, and I can't stand this policy, HOWEVER, I would say a far greater number of pilots than I would've thought at SkyWest support this policy. That's especially true of our pilots that are in the left seat already. Sad but true.
The grossly unscientific poll I saw on the SAPA forum was that 25% supported Up-n-Out. I suspect that out of that 25%, virtually all were captains who "already got their's". So, since the current SAPA board is 95% captains, I wouldn't think it would change. And the same would be true if it was a labor union, as I suspect the same thinking would prevail.
The policy is very clear, and well known at SkW. It adds a whole dimension of pressure that truly has to be lived to understand, which in part, I think, is why so many who have successfully upgraded, feel a bit smug about it.
In hindsight, of course, I would have been happy to stay in the jet. They canceled the new hire class, and had planned to walk in Monday morning to our upgrade class and cancel it, too. But they didn't. To my knowledge, that was the last class SkW ran.