Originally Posted by rickair7777

I'm going to hold off on forming too strong of an alpa opinion in regards to SKW until I have a little more time at the company.

However...I am very hesitant about alpa and regionals in general, based on my experiences at my previous alpa carrier. I don't think alpa can do anything at SKW othef than f*ck up the current arrangement, which isn't half bad at all.


Insurance and all that you can purchase from the private sector, without having to pay 2% of your income in addition to the premiums.

ALPA might get my interest if they took a firm NATIONAL stance on compensation and workrules, and defined a minimum acceptable standard to be enforced at all carriers (alpa or not). Set the standard, provide a grace period so the sub-standard guys can renogotiate or find new jobs, and then BLACKLIST anybody who's left...but you have to really, really mean it.

The drive appears unlikely to succeed anyway.