Originally Posted by
rickair7777
It is entirely true that SKW management could do whatever they want tomorrow, but several things have prevented that (for 30 years) and will continue to do so:
1) The threat of unions.
2) The desire to recruit and retain quality employees (Quality is job one at SKW, and unlike a lot of other organizations they know that quality employees are the key to a quality product).
3) Management's sincere desire to provide their employees with a good working environment and quality of life. Before you deny this remember, they have 30 years of history to prove it. Also note that I did not say that they want to give away the company store or make their pilots rich. I understand that this is a very difficult concept for traditional union members to grasp, since the union-management relationship at most airlines is a balancing act of mutual hatred, loathing, deceit, and distrust.
Unions job is to allow lazy people to do a half-assed job and still keep thier job. That's not what it was intended for but that's what it accomplishes now.
Like Rickair said, Skywest hires quality people not some selfish joe who like to wear a uniform. That's why Skywest employees are so great is because they haven't heard all the Union Koolaid about management being out to get them and all that crap. They are at thier job to put in thier best, to work hard to make a great product. Not just what the union tells them will get them by.