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New SkyWest pay proposal....anyone?

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i care about my fellow pilots. i care that so much of what we take for granted in this industry is because of pilots that came before us and ALPA. this job would not be worth squat if it were not for ALPA in the last 50 plus years.
 
great, u and alpo save us all. because you know all about alpa. you dont you fly a RJ, you have no idea about alpa clown. /retard/slave!! alpa hates rj pilots but love the dues.


dumb padwan
 
What's everybody's beef with SkyW? We're growing, we have an excellent working relationship with management. I came from a regional represented by ALPA...and it sucked so bad. Based on my experience with ALPA, I would never vote them in here. You guys can say what you want...I've been here at SkyW for 6 months...and you cannot even compare my QOL at SkyW to my other carrier.

I lived in domicile at this wonderfully represented ALPA regional
I made "more" hourly wage wise

But Guess what...

I commute for SkyW...get more days off
I make more a month making 19.02 than I did making 22

And I'm so much happier here.

You guys really need to get off of your high horse. It seems as though everything is chipper when you are expanding...but because someone else is and you're not getting your piece of cake too, you hate us.

We are not bringing the regionals down...if we were, how come every new hire class is infested with ex-ALPA and none of them want anything to do with that dou*chbag union.

One more thing...if we're supposively going to be "black-balled" by these ALPA majors because we're not ALPA, then how come so many of our pilots now are going back to United? Why is FedEx scooping us up by the truckload.

The power of the union is gone.

...FireAway
 
I'm certainly no ALPA cheerleader, and I'm glad you enjoy where you work, but it sounds like you've bypassed the koolaid and have moved on to purple veils and black Nikes at this point.

I have alot of friends at SKW who really like it, I sent multiple resumes last year meeting minimums and never got a call...but the bottom line is the first year hourly rate SUCKS. It is very disappointing to me that it didn't improve much in the new proposal, and that pilots at Skywest (despite wild profitability and growth) are willing to accept sub-$20/hr to fly as a first-year FO on a 76 seat jet. To me, that screams of screwing all the newbies...but hey, at least they are paying during training now, right?
 
What's everybody's beef with SkyW? We're growing, we have an excellent working relationship with management. I came from a regional represented by ALPA...and it sucked so bad. Based on my experience with ALPA, I would never vote them in here. You guys can say what you want...I've been here at SkyW for 6 months...and you cannot even compare my QOL at SkyW to my other carrier.


No, we don't hate you. But the simple fact that you don't understand is that when JA is done with ASA you guys are going to be next on the chopping block, and you currently have zero protection against that. And when your turn in the barrell comes, it will be too late. I sincerely hope that it doesn't happen to you, but I'd bet that it will. JA won't always be there, and even if he is he may decide that you guys are overpaid. If he does, what do you plan to do? If he yanks your rigs, or your profit sharing, what is your recourse?
 
No, we don't hate you. But the simple fact that you don't understand is that when JA is done with ASA you guys are going to be next on the chopping block, and you currently have zero protection against that. And when your turn in the barrell comes, it will be too late. I sincerely hope that it doesn't happen to you, but I'd bet that it will. JA won't always be there, and even if he is he may decide that you guys are overpaid. If he does, what do you plan to do? If he yanks your rigs, or your profit sharing, what is your recourse?

I'll probably feel better after eating a warm chocolate chip cookie. One of those big ones that are real chewy. None of those hard crispy grocery store brand with the M&Ms.
 
I'll probably feel better after eating a warm chocolate chip cookie. One of those big ones that are real chewy. None of those hard crispy grocery store brand with the M&Ms.

Yeah, I like to serve kool-aid with those cookies too. mmmmmm
 

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