Originally Posted by
ERJFO
This can easily be mitigated. If pilots are only allowed to bid into bases with vacancies no one will lose their domicile. You would have to leave to lose it.
In a "two list" scenario, what if ASA/XJT was the airline to get 20 aircraft? The person in your example would move 0%, while those at ASA/XJT would move 12.5% closer. That isn't equitable and neither is the situation you describe above.
I feel that all pilots working for the same holding company should be treated 100% equally. There would be benefits to current SkyWest pilots as well as ASA/XJT pilots.
You are correct that in the two list scenario, the airframes may go to ASA/XJT. However, many at SkyWest seem to think that they are management's "favorite" because it's non-union, or SkyWest is Jerry's baby, or various other theories. They think that ASA got their recent UAL flying because they had furloughees, but now that they're back SKW will see the growth.
Are they right? I shrug. I have no special insight into the minds of SkyWest management. Just giving you the mentality of many that I've encountered.