SkyWest voted no ALPA

[Cardinal]

Talk about missing the forest for the trees....so AAA/AWA would be a placid sea of contenment if it weren't for bad old ALPA in the mix? THAT is asinine. All politics are local, nowhere is that more true than in union politics. The MEC and the line pilots is where the buck stops, if a particular MEC can't extract their head from their ass on occasion, that is between them and their membership, not Herndon.

At only 35% voting yes I would say that they let there voice heard. They said no to alpa. The same as the pilots at Jet Blue, American, Southwest, And others.

Don't act like SkyWest is simply passing on ALPA and is rushing to set up an in-house union, because that is false. Comparing the SkyWest group and their feelings with pro-active, successful, and organized groups like the APA and SWAPA is preposterous.

I have lot's of friends over there, but the SkyWest pilot group screwed the pooch this time.

 

[Cardinal]

peniskramp-on this message board, it's now 10-1 in posts against ALPA. Please retort again why you think every SkyWest pilot should never be hired at a major airline, LCC, Cargo carrier, etc?
Sweetie, you are the one who needs a psyche eval.

Firstly, he didn't say "should never be hired."

Further, one can't throw out the baby with the bathwater, as nobody knows who the 65% are. And it's difficult to broach such a subject in an interview, so the point is really quite moot.

But imagine yourself looking across the table at a pilot applicant, and there's a 65% chance he just told your union to get bent. How can there be any expectation of future unity? This guy is going to stand shoulder to shoulder with you on a picket line on a 0 degree day? It's difficult to picture.

Clever, classy name calling, by the way.

 

[Newpilot2b]

Hey Cardinal - get bent

 

[scarlet]

Well we feel the same way as you do when Skybus captains fly 130-150 people for 65k.

Skywest pilots fly the 700-900 aircraft for pretty much 50 seat rates. Thanks for justifing to SKYWEST magt. that I need a pay cut or they will just transfer aircraft to Skywest.

Skywest pilots have what they do because of us! Your welcome from ASA and Comair ALPA guys !

 

[scarlet]

Cardinal exactlly= with the likes of these pilots they are what is contributing to the lowering the bar!

These guys will not walk the picket line with you, but they want to work at your airline and take your seat=SCAB

 

[jonjuan]

So when you see them come before your hiring board, remember that they voted by a 65% margin that they don't want to be members of a union. They would rather undercut their fellow pilots by working directly with management. That's the kind of pilot I want on my seniority list... NOT!

Uh huh....And should you go to work for Frontier, you are directly helping management undercut fellow WN pilots by having less than Greyhound fares from Denver to Hartford, Oklahoma, Omaha, St. Louis, and Tulsa.
When you speak of undercutting fellow pilots, are you talking about flying similar airplanes with similar passengers who would otherwise fly on other carriers more expensive routes, thereby "stealing business?"
Or by "fellow pilots" are you talking about undercutting members of your company union to which Cardinal refers?

 

[jonjuan]

Cardinal exactlly= with the likes of these pilots they are what is contributing to the lowering the bar!

These guys will not walk the picket line with you, but they want to work at your airline and take your seat=SCAB

Sounds like Frontier pilots. Why not raise the bar, girls??? By doing the same thing as WN pilots for much LESS pay, you are undercutting your fellow pilots.
Frontier management is laughing all the way to the bank.....

 

[Jungle_Jet]

Good for them for showing some common sense and thinking for themselves, and not swallowing the collectivist crap spewed by union apologists.

 

[Deerkiller]

Cardinal exactlly= with the likes of these pilots they are what is contributing to the lowering the bar!

These guys will not walk the picket line with you, but they want to work at your airline and take your seat=SCAB

Get over yourself.

You have no idea what the word SCAB means. You throw it around like you're some big tough guy. Learn some history b4 you start throwing that word around. If it applies, fine, but it doesn't here, so move on.

 

[FDJ2]

Get over yourself.

You have no idea what the word SCAB means. You throw it around like you're some big tough guy. Learn some history b4 you start throwing that word around.

Just out of curiosity, do you know who invented the phrase and to whom he directed it?