Originally Posted by
mohikan
How many E3 australian pilots are members of US ALPA I wonder ?
Unlike "Tall poppy" Australia, if they're working for an ALPA carrier, they're dues paying members of ALPA.
Also, while I'm very staunchly pro-ALPA, we've long passed the point on the bell curve where regional airline pilot wages were a stumbling block to attracting new pilots. We've now got to a point now where the effects of those low wages in years gone by, mean that the pilots simply don't exist in the numbers neede by the regional airlines. Certainly not with the legacy carriers hoovering them up in the numbers they have been.
Employing a few Australians on E3 visas is simply a band aid.
Lastly, while I'm no fan of Skywest, their success over the last 17 years is due, in no small part to the fact that they actually treat their people well. They have a well run, professional operation and to question that or their safety shows complete ignorance of the landscape in the USA.
You obviously have no idea what you're talking about.