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First I would like to ask Tony point blank, if you knew then what you know now would you have been beating the anti-union drum during the union drive? I don’t mind telling you in advance that if your answer is still no then I cannot feel sorry for you....//... Would a Union have saved Tony’s job? Maybe, maybe not.
Very interesting post. Just like I've said all along, and you seem to agree... a union may or may not actually fight the good fight; they may or may not be successful in that fight. Even at that, at least one union shop has this same Up/Out policy.
Unions generally make war tools more available, certainly, than no union. I favor a union at SkyWest, I wrote that in my bio before being voted in to SAPA (which was before the ALPA vote). I had previously been a union "shop steward"; have you?
But if I reject ALPA, I'm anti-union? If I don't like Ford trucks, am I a truck hater? Are the USAPA guys anti union because they rejected ALPA? Is APA not a real union because is not ALPA? Seriously, an arguement for a different thread that I don't really care to partake in.
But, I won't gloss over reality. I liked working at SkyWest. I also really liked my girlfriend. Until I found her car parked over over at some guy's house one night. That's the kind of kick in the nuts it felt like to be fired.
Since there's no change in my view of a pilot union at SkyWest, I can't answer your question. As you stated yourself, any union may or may not have saved my job. A good union would give it one heck of a try.
You don't have to feel sorry for me, beleive me. Congratulations on getting to retake your oral/sim; hopefully you gained that 15 pounds back. The only significant difference that I can see in our stories are those two issues.
Thanks for sharing.