Honestly I’ve been alpa. And didn’t mind it. Other then the long.... long... negotiation process... and useless banter... the problem is the only place i hear about a alpa drive is on this forum!!! Seriously. You ask anyone online and they respond. “Never heard of it”..

Doesn't your last raise run counter to that claim? OO ALPA was a pretty hot topic until that raise happened.

Have you ever served as a rep for your in house representation?

When one side has people looking out for their best interest, the other side should have the same, if only to make it more of an even playing field. Yes, that’s absolutely smart business.

Like you said, I’m a pilot. Skywest pilots are the largest non-union group. Them being part of ALPA would strengthen the pilot community. So you can say that it is selfish if you want. I feel there is a lot of talent in their large pilot group that would be useful in advancing safety and security. This has been my biggest reason for pilots to join ALPA, the contract and representation secondary. I’ve been preaching this for years. So like I said, call it selfishness on my part. But I truly believe Skywest pilots would get more out of ALPA if they joined than I would individually.

As for other work groups, I have no problem if they unionize, more power to them. If they are taking about organizing, I’ll be right there supporting them as well. But this forum is a pilot forum.

So what’s your angle? Are you a pilot? A Skywest pilot? A Skywest employee? What is your agenda? What motivates you so much so as to take the position that Skywest pilots don’t deserve their own representation at all levels of their profession? What do you get out of them remaining non-union?

If you look at Skywest Inc’s 10k, unionizing is one risk factors they list out. So that’s something. But it should make you wonder why management sees that as a risk factor to them.

And don’t worry about bumping this thread because I’ll be doing that at least once a week when the ALPA fast read comes out.

Nothing in the 10K filling list “SkyWest pilot joining alpa” as a risk factor. Its a generic statement about labor cost. And more related to ExpressJet and all
Employee groups. . So point to me exact verbiage in the next 10K that list SkyWest pilot and Alpa as a risk factor... other then a “distraction” as listed in the 10K

Any smart person know increase labor adds cost. From a Unions doing or non union.. of course thats a risk factor...

If anyone is familiar with 10k fillings or earnings calls. You would know about the “forward looking statements” clause and listing out “risks” as to not be liable to investors...

Yep, I’m not currently a rep. But I’m still active on a few committees.

Nev, look at my username.

So are the reps compensated from the company for their time and work with this group?

Nope, I don’t think any ALPA entity is compensating anything on APC.