Originally Posted by TonyWilliams

My hunch is that, for the ALPA folks who want to impose ALPA on SkyWest, that it is smarter to have SkW vote for ALPA than to spend a lot of time trying to force the issue (in my opinion unsuccessfully) with a 3 way merged list.

But, like all endeavors, it's not without risk. Having SkW once again turn down ALPA will seriously set back the effort for another 5 or 10 years.

Certainly, I think a master merged list is best for all parties, but what is seemingly overlooked is that such a list does not require ALPA. I doubt the merged Republic / Frontier / Midwest even considered ALPA.