The folks running SkyWest have done an enviable job of running a large business by ANY standard. I understand the need for the pilots to feel entitled to some of that money. I'm sure we'd take whatever we could get .

A strong, profitable SkyWest is good for the industry, and the pilots who work (yes, work) for SkyWest. But, many of us are owners (stockholders) also (which we purchase at a discount from market price). ALPA didn't get us that discount. We pilots also make a bonus based on profits (among other things). ALPA didn't get us that, either.

It must be that ever ALPA carrier has these features (that we already have)?


So, his salary has some connection to the success (or lack of success) to the orgainzing drive? I'm guessing that the implication here is that joining ALPA means big fat pay checks for it's member pilots. I'll tell that to the Mesa (ALPA) pilots. Perhaps you can clarify?

 

Yes, they contract the things that make sense. I propose the same for SkyWest.

Thanks for making that very valuable point.

All the best,

Tony

 

Alpa won't pass, they couldn't even get more than 55% of the cards after the 12 month drive and they had to start sending out new cards because the old ones were starting to expire. Too many people from other alpa carriers came to skywest to get rid of alpa, their last airlines had alpa and alpa had failed them. There is NO reason for alpa at skywest, we are the best regional out there and our high mins show that as well as our W2s which are higher than 9 out of 10 of the other RJ airlines.

Like I said before, It won't pass. There is nothing wrong at skywest, only a few crybabies who nitpick because some ASA or AWAC pilot tell them too because they hope a weaker skywest will mean more flying for their airlines.

 

The folks promoting this brand of union at SkyWest are quite vocal in their support. Thank goodness for free speech !

However, I agree with you, the SILENT MAJORITY, who largely are just happy doing their jobs and cashing their paychecks will either NOT vote, or vote against this union.

This, of course, doesn't mean that things are perfect here. They never will be, with or without union brand A.

I've had WAY too many former ALPA members, and current ones, tell me that it would be a mistake to bring brand A here.

Vote no.

 

How many open time trips do you have to pick up in order to achieve those high W2s you are speaking of?

The high mins comment is off target too. Skywest has a distinct advantage which leads to higher minimums. It's one of only two regionals with a large west coast operation, and the other regional hasn't been hiring all summer. If you live west of the Rockies, Skywest has been the top choice pretty much by default.

Other regionals have rigs, pay protection, profit sharing, and operational bonuses. The difference between them and Skywest is that the other regionals have it in a legally binding contract, while Skywest pilots are at the mercy of JAs continued benevolence.

 

http://www.unionfacts.com/unions/uni...ile.cfm?id=179

Don't know if it is accurate or not, but just adding it to the debate...

 

I've changed my mind.... ALPA is the GREATEST (for the folks with their hands in the cookie jar).

Source: Department of Labor, Office of Labor Management Standards LM filings (Required documents and disclosures from the union... I've filed these myself)


Air Line Pilots (ALPA)
National Headquarters Officers & Employees

Name Title Salary Benefits& Other Total Compensation
Duane Woerth President $ 348,345 $ 137,066 $ 485,411
Jalmer Johnson General Manager $ 391,742 $ 3,712 $ 395,454
Jonathan Cohen Chief Counsel/dir Legal $ 377,743 $ 4,898 $ 382,641
Bruce York Director, Representation $ 352,122 $ 27,464 $ 379,586
Paul Hallisay Director, Gov't Affairs $ 322,343 $ 8,305 $ 330,648
Kevin Barnhurst Director, Finance $ 309,347 $ 11,866 $ 321,213
William Roberts Asst Dir, Representation $ 296,480 $ 15,608 $ 312,088
Don Skiados Director, Communications $ 302,978 $ 7,476 $ 310,454
Jim Johnson Sr Managing Attorney $ 285,685 $ 13,223 $ 298,908
Jeffrey Small Sr Contr Admin/mec Coord $ 238,305 $ 44,555 $ 282,860
Keith Hagy Director, E&as $ 272,853 $ 4,024 $ 276,877
Liz Koby Sr Managing Attorney $ 263,999 $ 12,064 $ 276,063
Dennis Dolan First Vice-president $ 0 $ 273,875 $ 273,875
Dave Vance Director, R&i $ 267,768 $ 3,982 $ 271,750
Seth Rosen Director, Ipsc $ 229,472 $ 36,888 $ 266,360
Jim Wilson Asst Dir, Representation $ 253,410 $ 7,846 $ 261,256
Bob Christy Manager, Econ & Financial $ 230,553 $ 23,262 $ 253,815
Ana Mcahron-schulz Dir, Econ & Fin Anal $ 230,572 $ 18,825 $ 249,397
Patrick Brennaman Sr Contr Admin/mec Coord $ 229,600 $ 8,658 $ 238,258
Bob Lipsey Pension Inv Coordinator $ 234,656 $ 54 $ 234,710
Robert Nichols Sr Contr Admin/mec Coord $ 227,335 $ 4,446 $ 231,781
Russ Bailey Sr. Attorney $ 227,304 $ 3,038 $ 230,342
Marcus Migliore Managing Attorney $ 219,650 $ 4,883 $ 224,533
Betty Ginsburg Managing Attorney $ 219,088 $ 2,997 $ 222,085
Clay Warner Managing Attorney $ 219,733 $ 1,896 $ 221,629
Russell Woody Sr Benefits Attorney, R&i $ 208,478 $ 11,905 $ 220,383
Charlie Murphy Director, It & Services $ 213,633 $ 3,744 $ 217,377
Stephen Nagrotsky Sr Contract Administrator $ 207,006 $ 5,302 $ 212,308
Art Luby Asst Dir, Representation $ 201,536 $ 8,235 $ 209,771
Richard Domholt Sr Contract Administrator $ 199,861 $ 6,489 $ 206,350
Art La Flamme Sr Representative $ 183,878 $ 8,320 $ 192,198
David Holtzman Sr Contract Administrator $ 170,069 $ 21,061 $ 191,130
Brendan Kenny Sr Legislative Rep $ 188,596 $ 1,917 $ 190,513
John Schleder Sr Contract Administrator $ 186,333 $ 3,651 $ 189,984
William Elliott Sr Contr Admin/mec Coord $ 181,984 $ 5,370 $ 187,354
Rob Plunkett Sr Contract Administrator $ 184,626 $ 1,452 $ 186,078
Frank Voyack Sr Legislative Rep $ 182,168 $ 2,498 $ 184,666
Steve Hodgson Sr Field Representative $ 179,630 $ 5,027 $ 184,657
Jane Schraft Sr Contract Administrator $ 180,502 $ 3,563 $ 184,065
Jeffrey Macdonald Supv, Collective Bargain $ 166,957 $ 15,083 $ 182,040
Victoria Fortuna Sr Benefits Attorney $ 180,331 $ 1,162 $ 181,493
Suzanne Kalfus Sr Attorney $ 172,122 $ 6,736 $ 178,858
James Connolly Sr. Field Representative $ 166,215 $ 9,310 $ 175,525
John Dean Sr Contract Administrator $ 166,612 $ 7,981 $ 174,593
Kelly Collie Director, Human Resources $ 172,534 $ 1,554 $ 174,088
Andrew Shostack Supv, Representation $ 156,666 $ 15,284 $ 171,950
Jim Medley Mgr, Systems Development $ 171,442 $ 0 $ 171,442
Paul Rice Vice President Admin $ 0 $ 170,606 $ 170,606
Richard Harrell Manager, It Dev & Support $ 169,329 $ 535 $ 169,864
Jerry Wright Mgr Aviation Safety/secur $ 166,160 $ 2,130 $ 168,290
David Krieger Lead Financial Analyst $ 145,547 $ 21,627 $ 167,174
Bill Phaneuf Supv, Airspace & Ops $ 161,438 $ 5,398 $ 166,836
Joan (jody) Bettenburg Sr Contract Admin $ 164,235 $ 1,179 $ 165,414
Bill Edmunds Sr Human Perf Specialist $ 158,772 $ 3,145 $ 161,917
Chris Baum Manager Engineering & Ops $ 159,158 $ 2,556 $ 161,714
Darrell Green Sr Contract Administrator $ 157,720 $ 1,895 $ 159,615
Margarita Lorenzetti Manager, Finance & Acctg $ 158,509 $ 639 $ 159,148
Richard Pavel Field Representative $ 152,840 $ 4,468 $ 157,308
Jim Lobsenz Sr Attorney $ 155,745 $ 1,283 $ 157,028
Terrence Fenningham Aco Mec Vch $ 0 $ 156,984 $ 156,984
John Wells Sr Attorney $ 154,836 $ 1,158 $ 155,994
Everett Barber Contract Administrator $ 148,733 $ 7,213 $ 155,946
Marie Schwartz Asst Dir Strat Pilot Comm $ 150,437 $ 4,825 $ 155,262
Don Mcclure Air Safety Coordinator $ 146,873 $ 7,299 $ 154,172
Peter Janhunen Asst Dir Public Relations $ 150,432 $ 1,776 $ 152,208
Christopher Beebe Vice President Finance $ 0 $ 151,779 $ 151,779
Daniel Johnedis Pension Investment Coord $ 128,827 $ 22,905 $ 151,732
Sandra Pusey Supv, Product Support $ 151,214 $ 0 $ 151,214
Bert Leger Contract Administrator $ 109,261 $ 41,794 $ 151,055
Jerry Anker Managing Attorney $ 147,038 $ 747 $ 147,785
Jack Parrack Enrolled Acturary, R&i $ 142,547 $ 4,543 $ 147,090
Lee Veid Supervisor, Applications $ 146,746 $ 0 $ 146,746
Terry Saturday Sr Contract Administrator $ 138,335 $ 7,574 $ 145,909
Joan Gallahan Manager, Membership Svcs $ 143,670 $ 1,082 $ 144,752
David Hannah Sr Contract Administrator $ 139,860 $ 2,085 $ 141,945
Bill Despins Lead Economic Analyst $ 131,774 $ 8,268 $ 140,042
Trai Nguyen Sr Network Integrator $ 136,002 $ 2,821 $ 138,823
Percy Toop Contract Administrator $ 128,202 $ 10,113 $ 138,315
Marcia Eubanks Lead Economic Analyst $ 123,350 $ 13,809 $ 137,159
Kelly Hardy Sr Gov't Affairs Spec $ 136,241 $ 707 $ 136,948
Helen Wong-scruggs Systems Analyst $ 136,765 $ 0 $ 136,765
Mike Cranford Sr Systems Integrator $ 134,062 $ 517 $ 134,579
Chris Mccarthy Manager, It Ops&services $ 130,335 $ 4,182 $ 134,517
Linda Rafii Sr Benefits Specialist $ 130,894 $ 3,569 $ 134,463
Rod Gardner Supv, Network Support $ 132,402 $ 1,410 $ 133,812
Gary Dinunno Supv,airline Pilot Mag $ 133,728 $ 0 $ 133,728
Kye Johanning Lead Economic Analyst $ 120,588 $ 13,023 $ 133,611
Michael Huhn Accident Inv Spec $ 130,504 $ 2,714 $ 133,218
Cynthia Holloway Human Resources Admin $ 133,201 $ 0 $ 133,201
James Andresakes Supv, Aviation Security $ 130,424 $ 1,618 $ 132,042
Daniel Froehlich Contract Administrator $ 125,227 $ 6,313 $ 131,540
Wayne Klocke Contract Administrator $ 129,781 $ 1,329 $ 131,110
Joe Bracken Sr Staff Engineer $ 129,482 $ 1,261 $ 130,743
Jan Steenblik Technical Editor $ 129,801 $ 799 $ 130,600
Brent Milligan Enrolled Acturary, R&i $ 129,213 $ 298 $ 129,511
Neal Davis Contract Administrator $ 120,847 $ 7,734 $ 128,581
Hong Lee Sr Data Admin Analyst $ 127,146 $ 0 $ 127,146
Julie Glass Sr Attorney $ 126,008 $ 470 $ 126,478
Tom Kilpatrick Contract Administrator $ 124,964 $ 1,254 $ 126,218
Elaine Grittner Sr Benefits Specialist $ 122,055 $ 3,938 $ 125,993
Michael Welsh Contract Administrator $ 123,725 $ 1,560 $ 125,285
Richard Parker Analyst/programmer $ 124,614 $ 0 $ 124,614
Stephen Crable Asst Dir, Representation $ 119,971 $ 3,924 $ 123,895
Janie Miller Systems Analyst $ 122,756 $ 367 $ 123,123
Amy Alperi Lead Economic Analyst $ 116,459 $ 3,861 $ 120,320
Andrea Griffith Supervisor, Finance $ 119,887 $ 90 $ 119,977
Daniel Orfield Contract Administrator $ 117,048 $ 2,259 $ 119,307
Lisa Noyes Supv, Publishing Services $ 119,103 $ 36 $ 119,139
Mark Angolia Sr Comm Production Spec $ 102,375 $ 16,729 $ 119,104
Marta Wagner Attorney $ 116,833 $ 1,294 $ 118,127
Mark Kovach Supv, General Accounting $ 117,959 $ 53 $ 118,012
Lap Nguyen Systems Analyst $ 117,663 $ 0 $ 117,663
Paul Girdany Contract Administrator $ 116,803 $ 387 $ 117,190
Eric Iverson Contract Administrator $ 107,528 $ 6,804 $ 114,332
Rebecca Rong Analyst/programmer $ 112,277 $ 1,397 $ 113,674
Christopher Brown Contract Administrator $ 111,573 $ 1,622 $ 113,195
Pam Quayle Supv, Meeting Planning $ 109,412 $ 2,576 $ 111,988
Anthony Brown Systems Analyst $ 111,827 $ 0 $ 111,827
Kevin Comstock Sr Training & Qual Spec $ 103,428 $ 8,398 $ 111,826
William Dengler Sr Support Svcs Analyst $ 111,808 $ 0 $ 111,808
Andrew Brenner Contract Administrator $ 109,528 $ 1,994 $ 111,522
Clinton Burner Web Architect/dba $ 110,660 $ 829 $ 111,489
Mike Carney Manager, Real Estate $ 106,391 $ 4,929 $ 111,320
Pierre Huggins Sr Staff Engineer $ 110,051 $ 1,237 $ 111,288
Bob Hall Staff Engineer $ 110,158 $ 0 $ 110,158
Gordon Rose Contract Administrator $ 107,966 $ 2,053 $ 110,019
Rick Kessel Staff Engineer $ 107,782 $ 2,178 $ 109,960
Tyler Home Supv, Membership Services $ 107,889 $ 296 $ 108,185
Corey Stephens Sr Staff Engineer $ 103,952 $ 4,049 $ 108,001
Mark Cato Sr Staff Engineer $ 103,508 $ 4,392 $ 107,900
Geraldine Miller Investmnt Perform Analyst $ 97,111 $ 10,411 $ 107,522
Melanie Howey Supervisor, Delta Mec $ 102,691 $ 4,549 $ 107,240
Charles Yeager Supv Web Sys Dev & Supt $ 106,653 $ 541 $ 107,194
Anya Piazza Lead Communications Spec $ 101,415 $ 4,745 $ 106,160
Kelly Graniello Facilities Coordinator $ 100,509 $ 5,498 $ 106,007
Sherry Taylor Benefits Specialist $ 103,815 $ 1,420 $ 105,235
Kathy Hunt Sr Asst To Mec Secy/treas $ 102,678 $ 2,306 $ 104,984
Jennifer Crichton Accounting Supervisor $ 104,801 $ 0 $ 104,801
Michael Fredericks Security Specialist $ 102,443 $ 2,294 $ 104,737
Blair Donovan Operations Analyst $ 104,132 $ 0 $ 104,132
Ritu Goyal Systems Analyst $ 103,885 $ 0 $ 103,885
Terrance Mctigue Contract Administrator $ 100,234 $ 3,251 $ 103,485
Daniel Ryan Systems Integrator $ 102,115 $ 338 $ 102,453
James Moody Communications Specialist $ 101,694 $ 284 $ 101,978
Suzanne Menoni Supervisor, Fedex Mec $ 100,758 $ 859 $ 101,617
Biscuit Gobezie Analyst/programmer $ 101,425 $ 167 $ 101,592
John Mazor Sr Communications Spec $ 101,559 $ 0 $ 101,559
Bill Ford Design/production Editor $ 99,547 $ 1,291 $ 100,838
Troy Englert Economic Analyst $ 98,875 $ 1,749 $ 100,624
Douglas Baj Supv Pilot Support Groups $ 97,848 $ 2,498 $ 100,346
Ron Rindfleisch Communications Specialist $ 96,334 $ 3,978 $ 100,312
Robert Hancock Analyst/programmer $ 100,154 $ 0 $ 100,154

 

That is a pretty unbelievable list.....wow....I wonder if those people who work for the union....HAVE a union... and if so..THATS the union I want.

 

That's funny. Keep in mind, these are the figures that ALPA produced and sent to the government.

I'm sure they left out the hotel suites, limos, "hostesses", bar tabs, and other sundry items that they enjoy.

 

Look at what JA makes

Compensation Committee recommended and the Board established Jerry C. Atkin's
annual base salary at $280,000 and established guidelines for the payment of an
annual bonus award, based on the Company's net income and also subject to
achieving other non-financial objectives. After the end of fiscal 2001, the
Compensation Committee awarded Mr. Atkin a $282,066 bonus based on the Company's
exceptional performance during the year. During fiscal 2001, the Compensation
Committee also awarded to Mr. Atkin options to purchase up to 208,000 shares of
Common Stock, based on the criteria described above.

http://sec.edgar-online.com/2001/07/02/0000950149-01-501009/Section13.asp
280,000+282,066=$562,066
plus 208,000 shares in stock options