Good thing Mesa is ALPA right?
If you knew Mesa before they had ALPA you would never have just said that. You think Mesa is bad now? Prior to ALPA they were paying $14/hr and had much, much worse work rules relative to the rest of the industry than they have now. Is ALPA a panacea for everything? Absolutely not but historically it has empowered pilots to make gains relative to where they have been. When you consider Skywest has been the largest and most profitable regional out there for some time there is no reason the pilots of skywest shouldnt be paid the most and take the lead in raising the bar on the industry (the company would NOT go out of business.....they make around $150 million a year now.....better than most major/legacies). Unfortunately the self serving Sapa reps and a deceptive management team have kept the skywest pilots from sharing in the profits. PLEASE quite pointing to ALPA regionals that are at the bottom unless you cite where they came from and quite forgetting to point to what ALPA did for all carriers before 911. Its not being intellectually honest to point only to what has happened these past six years during a major industry downturn and exclaim "look ALPA didnt get so and so much now did they". Please try to use some history and perspective in your analysis.