Sorry, I am not trying to make this about the union debate. That isn't at all what I was asking about.

Does anyone have a copy of the pilot initial new hire packet? Whatever information they send to you a few weeks before training that includes the dress code and the stuff you'll be tested on the first day?

A raise is important however working in an environment that is political and incites fear is substandard. I quote the OP, Unions are not perfect but when management ultimately works for Wall Street, unions are crucial in protecting the employee from untethered unilateral policies and decision making. I know SkyWest pilots have had union drives in the past and the majority of pilots look at SkyWest as a stepping stone and not a career.

I realize there are other posters and trolls that want me to shutup and "enjoy retirement" but I feel its important your pilot group re-consider unionizing and put a stop to the "fear" and other abuses vocalized by the pilot group.

I did four full training events at OO, including one back in the day before "sensitivity to the feelings of others" was really a thing. There was no fear culture.

Not everyone passes 121 training, nor should they. If you happened to be in that small fraction of folks who just can't hack it (for whatever reason, despite copious remedial efforts), yes you will probably be fearful. Can't make the world perfect for everyone.

Like everywhere else, they had some hard-arse sim guys back in the day but they flushed almost all of them over a decade ago, specifically because they didn't want a toxic training culture. The few hard ones who survived had to tone it down big time. One laid low for years, thought he could get back to his old ways, and got sent right back to the line just a couple years ago.

No regional can afford a reputation for hard training and OO figured that out a very long time ago.

That technically contains SSI, and someone could get in very big trouble for handing it out on the internet. If you really can't wait until they send it to you, try to find someone you know at OO to help you with that.

Yea, plus if you have access to SWOL you can go to the FO page and find the FO Manuals and in the my task section you can find the dress code for indoc and ground.

More importantly, help us understand why a group of 4621 pilots won't unionize?

Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the “better than nothing.”

Who was it? ST?

From the Bureau of Labor Statistics:

MOST Americans aren’t union members. Given that airline pilot unions seem even more hamstrung in their actions by the RLA than the unions of other industries, and the history of incestuous relationships (MEC to management pilot, etc.), the (hoped for) short time people want to spend in the regionals before moving on, and the lack of support (even moral support) the regional unions get from the unions at the majors, the more reasonable question might be why so many of the other regionals ARE unionized.

Because it’s better than no union at all despite the negatives. Any organization made up humans will have negatives, that applies to management as well. And they have enforceable contracts AND an association to advocate for them. Plus, being union pilot means more than having an enforceable contract.

PS Most Americans aren’t airline pilots. But most American airline pilots are union.