The Forbidden Discussion - Unions & Skywest
06-14-2017, 06:16 PM
#101
Prime Minister/Moderator
Joined APC: Jan 2006
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Posts: 40,277
This. Don't own stock in the company you work for, and might want to avoid the entire industry. If you think you can play options, well OK maybe but don't hang on to it for long.
06-14-2017, 06:19 PM
#102
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Joined APC: Jan 2006
Position: Engines Turn Or People Swim
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not "paying away" anything you fool.... basically buying protection and representation for my 10+ million dollar career.
Would you get a divorce without an attorney? Would you get an attorney if you were falsely accused of a crime? Why not just represent yourself? Do you drive uninsured? do you insure your house? Do you invest on whims and dumb luck? Or do you use advisors and/or professionally guided mutual funds? life insurance? Maybe you do none of that? You're just an expert at everything...
I "pay away" $100 a year to "belong" to Costco...why? Because it saves me thousands over the course of a year...
I pay 1.5 percent to the IPA, because it costs money to provide the service they do which happen to be PRICELESS.
look man, there are countless things you "pay away" for in your life for legal and fiscal protection and you probably don't even realize it. To not do so for your careers best interest is absolutely mind blowing to 95 percent of your fellow aviators. But, like I said, carry on - it's entertaining.
Would you get a divorce without an attorney? Would you get an attorney if you were falsely accused of a crime? Why not just represent yourself? Do you drive uninsured? do you insure your house? Do you invest on whims and dumb luck? Or do you use advisors and/or professionally guided mutual funds? life insurance? Maybe you do none of that? You're just an expert at everything...
I "pay away" $100 a year to "belong" to Costco...why? Because it saves me thousands over the course of a year...
I pay 1.5 percent to the IPA, because it costs money to provide the service they do which happen to be PRICELESS.
look man, there are countless things you "pay away" for in your life for legal and fiscal protection and you probably don't even realize it. To not do so for your careers best interest is absolutely mind blowing to 95 percent of your fellow aviators. But, like I said, carry on - it's entertaining.
It's not quite as solid a business case at the regional level for a variety of reasons. Most of us could get a BETTER paying job if we gave up flying.
06-14-2017, 06:36 PM
#104
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2010
Position: CRJ FO
Posts: 655
It really seems to come down to the fact that most lifers don't want a union and are happy with the status quo. And the new guys don't want to spend the energy and effort it would take to take on the company's anti union campaign.
06-15-2017, 08:11 AM
#109
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2016
Posts: 846
So all your posts here are strictly in the interests of your stock in SKYW? And you you do the same for the other companies' stock you own?
You sure do spend a lot of your time, just here, defending your company management considering you are so sure their pilots don't want a union.
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