How long is Skywest's contract with United? I know that ALPA is pushing for a sunset clause that says they can continue to fly their RJ's outside of CAL's scope protection until Skywest's contract expires.

The downside of this is that yes, we at mainline will lose some flying while these 70 seat RJ's are out flying around. Also, this only delays you RJ drivers from a decent paycheck while you wait to get hired to fly something bigger. Trust me, I've been there before and it's no fun waiting for that bigger airplane to fly.