Join ALPA’s New President
Captain John Prater
AT A PILOT OPEN HOUSE

Captain Prater wants to hear your ideas on how to make 2007 a banner year for ALPA and SkyWest pilots! Join Captain Prater on April 2, 2007 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Food and drink will be available throughout the event.

WHEN
Monday, April 2, 2007
TIME
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.


WHERE
Salt Lake City International Airport
Jazz Room - Terminal 2
Between C & D concourses
Adjacent to the Delta Crown Room



Help Take Back:
Our Profession, Our Union, Our Contracts,
Our Safety/Security, Our Future

 

I'll go if I can. I'd be interested to hear if this guy has a scheme in mind to fix the regionals.

 

Thanks, let him know what you think.

 

I start ground school that day...

 

I'm interested in hearing his thoughts on why and how ALPA can help to improve SKW. I do hope that he speaks with truth and not the same BS we've heard from ALPA before.

Slaphappy, will you honor us with your presences?

 

I doubt he can do a whole lot for SKW, but if he can fix some of the broad-reaching problems in the regional industry that should benefit SKW indirectly, and probably directly benefit those of us that want to move on up...

 

Last I heard, only 35% of the cards in? Any truth in that?

 

I start that day too!

 

I was told the other day from a friend of mine, whose on the organizing committee, that they are now around 45%. WooooHoooo, Big Numbers? Anybody heard anything different?

 

If you vote ALPA in dont expect a drastic change at SkyWest. I would say that things at Skywest are ok but there are signs of things to come that may go south (bad)...

Pilots dont care to hear about unions until thier company starts treating them badly, then it takes a while for the union to make a change and it becomes the Unions fault that things are bad. Now would be a great time for the pilots of SkyWest to join ALPA. Why? Well, because things are not so bad, you have time to get up and running, elect your officers, read about the services, set up comitees, learn more... about everything. Then, if, and only if, things get bad you have the support already set up to help.

Pilots sometimes think our careers are like the airplane, we set the autopilot and everything will coast along just fine. Well, when Skywest starts to get lots of growth, much greater income, and new aicraft types thats when their managment may feel tempted to forget who led the way with performance to earn that growth. Its at that time that managment sets the tone and pay and workrules... Thats when you need a union, but Unions dont fix things overnight. We are all the union, you , me, the next guy or gal, we all have to remember that when John Prater shows up to say he supports you and the pilots of Skywest that doesnt mean he will personally fight the entire fight himself. SkyWest pilots will be the one calling the shots and John, along with the rest of ALPA will be the Echoing voice.

Good Luck

PS- I recommend going to the show and listening then ask questions, then deside. Also, read Flying the Line I and II