Yes...They can... They'll just reinterpret the policy..

The policy in this case is a legal agreement, and violating it would be crossing the rubicon as far as relations with the pilot group is concerned.

I don't think they ll go unilateral this time around.

What I'm saying is that NOTHING prevents them from paying first year FOs $30/hr or for that matter $15/hr. Tell me what's factually incorrect about that statement?

You are an at-will employee. Your policy is not recognized by the NMB as a legal document. Plus, we are talking about RAISING first year pay. Which one of you at-will employees is going to file a lawsuit over that? What court would have jurisdiction? On what grounds would the suit be filed?

Skywest pilots have no CBA protection and they can raise first year pay to $30 if they chose. They can also give the rest of the pilot group 1% raises. CBA's exist for a reason.

So, no one is willing to spill the beans on when the vote closes?

It closes Friday.

Friday I believe.

Exit poll: How would people have voted had it been $6.00 an hour increase for every pilot?
What if they did "unilaterally" (reject the no vote) and raise first year pay to $30? Seems that could be like the beginning of a reverse B scale, with potential equal acrimony.

Skywest doesn't have a union or a CBA so they can make year 1 as much as they want to attract new pilots and give the rest of you 0% raises.

I know they don't have a contract. I don't work at Skywest either.
Incredible a mainline airline can have multiple contractors and play them off each other. Then a contractor can own more than one certificate and play each pilot group off each other. Then within one certificate they can play the pilots each other.