The pilots at skywest are NOT the problem. Management is the problem. While we are bickering over who took our job or how much they get paid the next scumbag move from management is already in motion.

I understand the knee jerk reaction of anger towards skywest but this is exactly what management wants. They want you to have your jumpseat war and to protest and pout. It detracts from our image as professionals and makes us look childish. They can then use this against us in court as an "illegal job action" or as ammunition in arbitration. It is a battle that will be fought and won in a court or at a negotiating table. A jumpseat battle is a mere inconvenience in the grand scheme of things. Who is more at fault the jumpseater or the scumbag in first class on a PS0B pass?

The best way to fight this is to stop negotiating in public, start pushing ALPA to make a safety issue out of regionals, and fly S.A.F.E. (slow and F expensive) until your court date.