The short answer is that these things are happening because they are not directly addressed in the contract. I am not overly familiar with MAG contract, but if this issue is addressed then it needs to hammered out in the grievance process.
Union protection only protects what is written in the contract. If a new issue comes up then the union meets with management to come up with a TA that is on point for the new issue.
Bottom line is that whatever your previous experiences were with your pilot's union (teamsters, alpa, independent), your experience with a union here at SKYW is bound to be different. We are a different pilot group, different managment, and we would be new union. We don't know what managements' reaction to a union will be. We don't know what our first contract will be like. We don't know a lot. We do know that with a framework of legal representation it is up to us to become unified and put into a place a strong contract that protects us from the situations we face now and situations we might face in the future.
Union protection only protects what is written in the contract. If a new issue comes up then the union meets with management to come up with a TA that is on point for the new issue.
Bottom line is that whatever your previous experiences were with your pilot's union (teamsters, alpa, independent), your experience with a union here at SKYW is bound to be different. We are a different pilot group, different managment, and we would be new union. We don't know what managements' reaction to a union will be. We don't know what our first contract will be like. We don't know a lot. We do know that with a framework of legal representation it is up to us to become unified and put into a place a strong contract that protects us from the situations we face now and situations we might face in the future.