Originally Posted by
U-I pilot
That argument is really shooting yourself in the foot....If you committ to a deal for 4 more years, there will be nothing the union can do for 4 years. Unions work happens when contracts near their expiration/expire. Getting a union itself is no "slap in the face." Get the union and give it a chance to improve the situation.
Bogus data here. Skywest pilots can take the offered raise (do it, it's free money) and then vote in a union if desired. The union will then begin negotiations, but the current rates are locked in until the new union negotiates a contract, at which point the new contract takes effect.