The fact remains. If ALPA was at Skywest, it's likely the up or out policy would have been changed and TonyW would still work there. He was rabidly anti-ALPA on this site during the vote. Now he's going to make 7K a year in the right seat of an RJ. What's to feel sorry for?

"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"

Sounds like the other 75% would like to see it changed. What other ALPA airlines have an up or out policy? I think AA does but they aren't ALPA. Personally, I think it's a dumb policy. We have lifer F/O's at UPS. Some do it for the lifestyle and some just can't make the upgrade. Either way, it should be no big deal to stay as an F/O.