You can't use being "NON UNION" as a get-of-jail-free card and say you have no control over the fact that industry managment is using Skywest to single handedly eradicate union labor from the regional industry. You have CHOSEN to be non union. And you CONTINUE to choose to be non union. You can change it any time you want. Quit hiding behind the "we are non union and therefore have no control" blanket.

Being "excited" about your new opportunities in PDX/SEA is symptomatic of all that is wrong with the regional industry. Sure it's great for you that you don't have to commute anymore, but that windfall was DIRECTLY at someone else's expense. Someone who has been putting in their dues in the business for a LONG time in the case of Horizon. Someone who has ponied up the Union money, and stood up in the face of a nasty contract dispute and said "my services are worth more than the paycut you want to give me". For that, they are punished, airplanes are parked, and they watch you come in and gleefully do their exact same job in their airplanes for around $20 less an hour. It's classless to come on here and gloat.

Sadly, what would really change the industry is to just make all regional contracts at risk. Let's see how those 50's and 70's do at $120/barrel oil. Unfortunately, management realizes what they have in those jets. A weapon. A HUGE weapon that they are using to try to break the back of union labor in the airline industry.