The Skywest Pilots Association
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The Skywest Pilots Association
What would it take to merge all three lists and form our own union? Southwest seems to do pretty well with this. Skywest managment has always been against ALPA, and a lot of us at ASA/XJT are not that fond of ALPA as of late. I think if we put it to a vote, we could get guys to sign off on forming our own union and merging all three lists. I think we will be the strongest if we're all under the same roof. What do you think?
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I would be for it. The main logistical question would be, would the new ASA vote ALPA out , replacing them with the "SPA," or would SkyWest try to vote "SPA" in then hope ASA would merge with the understanding "SPA" would be the remaining union.
The upside is ALPA would be buying ASA quite a few lunch boxes to try and stay on property.
The upside is ALPA would be buying ASA quite a few lunch boxes to try and stay on property.
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I think the issue of forming an inhouse pilot union is you lose all the logistical support that ALPA national provides. So you need your own aeromedical people, you need your own legal, your own lobbying arm, etc etc. The upside is, you don't have any question who's interests the union is pushing. The downside, a lot of extra expense and growing pains of making something new.
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I think the issue of forming an inhouse pilot union is you lose all the logistical support that ALPA national provides. So you need your own aeromedical people, you need your own legal, your own lobbying arm, etc etc. The upside is, you don't have any question who's interests the union is pushing. The downside, a lot of extra expense and growing pains of making something new.
True, but it seems to be working out pretty good over at Southwest. Morale is high, the relationship between pilots and managment is pretty good. I think the initial cost would be more than worth it in the end. As for whether or not the new ASA would approve it....if you told us forming the SPA would be the only way all 3 lists would merge, I'm very confident XJT guys would sign it. Seeing as though we are almost twice the size of ASA, thats all you would need. We are NOT happy with ALPA right now and pretty much everyone I fly with agrees.
#7
True, but it seems to be working out pretty good over at Southwest. Morale is high, the relationship between pilots and managment is pretty good. I think the initial cost would be more than worth it in the end. As for whether or not the new ASA would approve it....if you told us forming the SPA would be the only way all 3 lists would merge, I'm very confident XJT guys would sign it. Seeing as though we are almost twice the size of ASA, thats all you would need. We are NOT happy with ALPA right now and pretty much everyone I fly with agrees.
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What would it take to merge all three lists and form our own union? Southwest seems to do pretty well with this. Skywest managment has always been against ALPA, and a lot of us at ASA/XJT are not that fond of ALPA as of late. I think if we put it to a vote, we could get guys to sign off on forming our own union and merging all three lists. I think we will be the strongest if we're all under the same roof. What do you think?
True, but it seems to be working out pretty good over at Southwest. Morale is high, the relationship between pilots and managment is pretty good. I think the initial cost would be more than worth it in the end. As for whether or not the new ASA would approve it....if you told us forming the SPA would be the only way all 3 lists would merge, I'm very confident XJT guys would sign it. Seeing as though we are almost twice the size of ASA, thats all you would need. We are NOT happy with ALPA right now and pretty much everyone I fly with agrees.
#9
This is a testament to SWA Management and their business model. They have been able to stay profitable.
When an Airline is consistently profitable, this usually means stable growth and growth means everyone moves up and that means everyone is generally happy.
Wait until the Merger with Airtran is complete.
Having been there and done that, an In house Union can work, but generally it will cost more as an In House to provide the benefits a Larger National Union can Provide.
Please do not take this take this the wrong way: but many Regional Carriers represented by ALPA get more bang for their buck than they realize, as the Group A and B carriers pay for or subsidize the smaller carriers.
Not saying ALPA is perfect by a long shot but going it alone as an independent will get expensive. Just saying.
#10
Its not about what ALPA has done, its about what they haven't done. Its all about the $$ with ALPA and I think deep down we all know that. If Skywest did go ALPA, wouldn't the ALPA merger policy require that all three lists merge? I'm pretty sure it is required in black and white at that point.
I'm pretty sure that all ALPA carriers within a company MUST be on the same list.
I'm pretty sure that all ALPA carriers within a company MUST be on the same list.
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