Originally Posted by
JDFlyer
My fellow Skywest brother, I sympathize with you, truly I do. I have walked in your shoes and I know what you are going through.
I only offer this, if you as an individual vote NO and we as a pilot group vote NO, the only thing that is going to change is you and I will be doing exactly what we are doing now, but for 1% less.
Your schedule, your quality of life is going to stay exactly the same as it is now, regardless of whether you take the 1% or leave the 1%.
This pay "proposal" has zero to do with quality of life issues.
Peace, fly safe.
I respect your opinion, but 1% would be a nominal increase to my paycheck and although I respect our management team, I would rather tell them that I think they can do much better than take the $30ish per month this would equate to. If we're an industry leading company and we are continuously praised for going above and beyond, then why aren't we compensated that way? Klen and Chip can crank out TFAYD (I hate how often that term is used on the SAPA sight, I digress) emails but when it came time to thank us, I feel let down. This pay package puts us almost smack dab in the middle of the pack which I feel is not a testament to management putting their money where their proverbial mouth is.
I also disagree that neither side is locked into anything. Without a true collective bargaining unit, how would you propose we would approach management and ever ask for more money? There is absolutely no bark to our bite and although I'm not saying I'm a pro-union guy, you must realize the futility of even thinking about a raise without a union drive or scheduled pay negotiations.
Lastly, although you thanked others for their mature responses, you continue to refer to ALPA as ALPO which is rhetoric and contradicts your sentiments. I don't mean to sound critical, just highlighting the points on which our views seem to differ.
Fly safely
