It's probably got a little to do with the "they'll work for peanuts, why won't you?" thing. Spare us the "lost jobs" B.S. Everyone who whored themselves out to Sir Dick had a job when they bent over for a bigger jet.
The pilot made a choice that changed his life. Big difference. He had my complete support right up 'till the moment that he got on the van instead of picking up the phone and asking for help.
What Horizon does is irrelevant. First of all they're pretty much finished, second of all Skywest pilots will take what they're given same as they always have.
The really sad thing is that there would probably be exactly the same number of small jet airframes flying today if everyone had stood up and fought for Comair money. Instead, we had the Freedom debacle and the beginning of what someone much funnier than me called the "SJS Prodigy Air" era.
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