We've had ASAP for quite some time, we have LOSA, we're now AQP and have FOQA, all programs run in conjuction with the FAA not a union. Our pilot representative board communicates with other MECs in the airline industry and we had another member of our pilot representative board testify in the hearing to change the rules for voting in a union (in favor of a union). I'm not trying to prove you wrong, but there seem to be some huge misconceptions about SkyWest. And I'll reiterate that we're paid a better wage than most of the union regional carriers out there.

Instead of getting mad at us, why don't you get frustrated with unionized pilot groups that agree to pay rates and work rules that are below ours? With the ALPA name on them, they're "keeping the bar lower" than SkyWest ever has. The SkyWest business model has always depended on fielding higher than average employees, so while XJT et al were "raising the bar" by hiring guys with 500 hours, we didn't let anybody in the door with less than 1,000. I'm not anti-union, I'm pro free thought. I just don't have much respect for people's arguments and rationale when they call me scum, proceed then to insist that their's is the only way of thinking, whilst they work for less money than I do. Its not a jab, it just doesn't compute for me.

Throughout history, tell me about a time when people threatened others into the "just" way of thinking. If your point is so apparent then you don't need to bully people into believing you. Some airlines are run better than others, perhaps the union issue is more of a red herring that keeps you busy fighting with each other rather than realizing that your company strategies are to blame rather than one part (AWAC, just as an example, is notorious for blaming pilot wages) of a large cost structure. Kinda like democrats and republican finger pointing and pumping out rhetoric to distract from their own corruption and inefficiency. I encourage everyone to think for themselves rather than subscribing to opinions formulated by somebody else.