PCL128
So if you want to vote "NO" why bother calling?
Go back and read the Colgan threads from right after the vote. See how many comments you see about "only 50% even bothered to vote? What a bunch of apathetic bastards!" Most people don't understand that a non-vote is a "NO" vote. They simply assume that the pilots are a bunch of lazy SOBs who couldn't be bothered to take part in their career. It simply looks bad. When a press release goes out that says "with 55% of the Skywest pilots participating, the results were...." it just doesn't make the profession look good. Even if the vote has to go down as a NO, I'd rather it happen with a 90% voter turnout than a 50% turnout. I want to see pilots involved in their careers, and sadly, most regional pilots seem to just want to sit around and wait for their call from a major. That's exactly what is wrong with the regionals.