Originally Posted by
Newty
Yeah, we are a house divided, jets and not jets, and the notjet guys get thown under the bus, so again, I don't feel bad for the ASA guys as I believe I have it worse. I have a student of mine from the instructor days, I instucted for a year and a half, I went to Alaska, then flew freight then came to Skywest with 2100tt, she instructed to 600, took ASA then took the COLA for a year and is headed back to 900 training next month, I cannot find it in my head that she has it somehow worse than me and needs me to combine lists with her.
I understand the urge to only think of yourself and I feel that you should but to a certain extent. Certainly envy is not helpful. What I'm saying is that your own company pits Skywest Brasilia pilots against CRJ pilots. They also have you divided depending on whether you happen to work freight and hired at 2100 hours or instructed to 600. There is only one way to equalize the disparity and it starts with one list.
Originally Posted by
JDFlyer
I'll make you a deal, lets work on this together. Lets figure out a way to decertify ALPO at ASA and then we can work together at unifying the pilot groups at Skywest and ASA.
I am only one Skywest pilot, I have only one Skywet vote. ALPO will never, ever have mine. A strong, internal, independent pilot union representing ALL Skywest, Inc. pilots, you have my support all day long.
Otherwise, forget it.
That's fine but Skywest getting an independent union does not hinge on decertifying ALPA at ASA. Because if your management doesn't want to combine pilot groups now, they certainly wont do it with no union at either place.
By the way, its a big misconception that individual ALPA groups are not independent. ALPA is a bottom up organization. ALPA national cannot tell an MEC how to handle its business. The MEC does what they think is in the best interest of their pilot group. No different than any independent union. The difference is that with ALPA you have all the resources that are available to the MEC by virtue of being part of ALPA.