RJSCUM

Calling a guy who wants to unionize OO a kool aid drinker. You don’t care about Skywest being union or not, you just wanna name call because you think it’s cool. Forget going to CQ, y’all still in high school.

Sperrysan

Oh sick burn. You got me sooo good. Sorry for using the lingo of your peoples.

Flymeaway

I was just going to let this go because it's so obviously a troll post intended to rile everyone up. But for any pilots out there still looking to go into the regionals (in a year or two probably), and thinks this guy might be serious, he's either trolling or he knows about as much as anyone who hasn't been at a regional in a very, very, very long time. There are a lot of reasons why SkyWest was one of the only regionals that didn't need to offer a new hire bonus over the last few years to attract pilots. I'll give you a hint: It wasn't because we are all scum suckers with low pay and QoL.


There's also a reason many pilots at other airlines accuse us of "drinking the Kool-aid." It's supposed to be some kind of insult, but it's very telling. Many/most of us are happy and enjoy our jobs here. With their experiences with their airlines, they can't imagine that's possible at a regional, so there must be some mind control/magic/drugs involved. It's one of the reasons I chose to come to SkyWest over other regionals who were offering several 10s of thousands of dollars in bonuses. There are several other good regionals out there and which is best for you depends a lot on where you live or want to live. But if I have to go to a new company, I want to go to the one where everyone is drinking the Kool-aid (is happy).

Flydafe

Being an ALPA carrier on the regional side did nothing for Xjt compass or TSA. Save the Union dues deduction and buy your mom something nice for her birthday. ALPA is not a union. It’s an association. Large difference

Sperrysan

So if they didn't have a union they would be saved? The union drove them to go out of business? Doubt it on both counts. Some representation is better than no representation.

Sperrysan

Alot of pilots are happy at other airlines that are not skywest. Alot of pilots are happy they have representation. Alot of pilots did not go to skywest because they are non union.
There are reasons why airlines are offering bonuses because they want to attract the best qualified and most likely to succeed. Skywest relies on their large network of domiciles to attract pilots. Offering little to no commute works very well for recruiting.

CRJiceADsucks

If you think pilot quality and bonus size are positively correlated I suggest looking at who paid the largest bonuses in 2019. They aren’t.

Sperrysan

That was not my statement or point. From a recruiting standpoint that is their thinking. Not saying that is the actual result. Skywest doesn’t pay bonuses because they can attract people because of bases. They don’t want to spend money if they don’t have to.Since other regionals don’t have that vast network skywest has, competitors have to use other incentives to attract who they think are the best candidates for the position.

RJSCUM

If ALPA is useless because it’s an “association” you’re not gonna like what the last A in SAPA stands for...

Meow1215

Try and imagine what your opinion of me means to me.

OO can organize or not. I don’t care, but until the OO pilot group stops riding the coat tails and starts contributing to the advancement of the profession that union pilots give everyday. I, and most pilots for that matter, will continue to have no respect and make OO the joke of the industry.