United to Buy ExpressJet?

Tomato, tomah-toe, you know what I'm referring to.

The fact still remains that Inc. used SKW as a pawn, and had they voted to unionize, ASA might not have had been given the shaft like they were.

And call it whatever you'd like. It's not a contract, and as far as I know, it can be amended without the pilot groups approval. A "working agreement" is not enforceable as far as I understand it.
 
In 10 years the wholly-owned regional feed will have been integrated back into mainline with nothing under 70 seats, and the independent “regionals” will be completely at-risk, except maybe with codeshares, and the paint on their planes will match the paychecks.

The Legacies figured out how to break scope with pilot unions, but they’ll never be able to get around basic economic principles.
 
In 10 years the wholly-owned regional feed will have been integrated back into mainline with nothing under 70 seats, and the independent “regionals” will be completely at-risk, except maybe with codeshares, and the paint on their planes will match the paychecks.

The Legacies figured out how to break scope with pilot unions, but they’ll never be able to get around basic economic principles.

Were an unbroken two decades of economic growth to take place, I think you’d be right. But that won’t happen. We’re due for a significant correction, and that resets the board. Demand will drop, schedules will be cut, and management gets a reprieve from labor economics reality once again.
 
And call it whatever you'd like. It's not a contract, and as far as I know, it can be amended without the pilot groups approval. A "working agreement" is not enforceable as far as I understand it.

And what do you think would happen if inc implemented a non friendly amendment without a vote? A union would be on property before you could blink. Right now it’s a perfect mix of good times, quick upgrades, and stability in a very turbulent time in the regional industry. Some will contradict what I’ve just said citing the newest contract. I say this: when times are good at your shop you tend to be easier to please. Bitterness != Testicular Fortitude
 
And what do you think would happen if inc implemented a non friendly amendment without a vote? A union would be on property before you could blink. Right now it’s a perfect mix of good times, quick upgrades, and stability in a very turbulent time in the regional industry. Some will contradict what I’ve just said citing the newest contract. I say this: when times are good at your shop you tend to be easier to please. Bitterness != Testicular Fortitude
Why do you think getting a union property on now or later when its already too late will matter? You're not going to get anything except status quo and job protection (discipline).

Negotiations will take years and then youll still never agree on section 3, 25 and either vacation or training or both until you go to an arbitrator and by then you'll have all left leaving a toothless set of new hires behind who knew the pay when they got in the company and won't be able to get anything except perhaps what you had before draconian cuts.

Lets face it, the majority of skywest pilots are happy, for whatever reason, and even if you got a union after some sort of weird management betrayal after 2-5 years you'd only get back what you had.
 
Why do you think getting a union property on now or later when its already too late will matter? You're not going to get anything except status quo and job protection (discipline).

Negotiations will take years and then youll still never agree on section 3, 25 and either vacation or training or both until you go to an arbitrator and by then you'll have all left leaving a toothless set of new hires behind who knew the pay when they got in the company and won't be able to get anything except perhaps what you had before draconian cuts.

Lets face it, the majority of skywest pilots are happy, for whatever reason, and even if you got a union after some sort of weird management betrayal after 2-5 years you'd only get back what you had.

If they're lucky. The reason that they'd take stuff away is because of financial trouble most likely, and I can already hear managements battle cry, just like I've heard in the past. Once it's gone, it 10 times as hard to get it back, and you usually have to give something up for it.
 
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